Larks in a small Thameside village. Every other year the residents of Sonning engage in collective fundraising madness and craft mannequi...

Another list? A list of a 100 brilliant books by women has just been published for this year's Hay Literary Festival. I had a look throug...

This weekend, without a play to worry about, I got to spend time with my children - and the washing machine. Sally is generally a pretty ...

I am playwright after all ! The show went really well. It's a bit of a weird experience watching your own words spoken and acted out - bu...

Happy families in the garden. Ok, so this actually happened last weekend, but there has been a somewhat ridiculous amount of sewing going...

Specifically the leaves. There are actually two posts I need to write about tea. This one is about leaves, the other one is about how I h...

is Madelines in the garden Thursday was a pretty hectic day. I took Sally up to the university to take part in a psychology trial called...

It actually wasn't that bad. Side note, migraine brain still seems to be in effect, I tried to spell cupboard cubpoard four times before ...

and other things. It's been a pretty tough week. But there has been brightness and joy too. I was really touched by how many people rea...

I chose to set an earthquake in my heart; The ground is shaky underfoot, And momentary pauses give way To unexpected aftershocks. A stray...

Costume creation is well underway. I keep forgetting the final number of tunics I have to make, which is probably a good thing. I think ...

National Trust Adbentures. Sally used not to be able to pronounce v's - some of the slightly askew pronunciations have stuck. Saturday w...

Date night painting things. I have an exciting new arrangement with one of my NCT friends. I watch her kids every couple of weeks so her...

Adventure to the Green Retreats showroom, and a quick trip to Waddesdon Manor Husband works from home. Well at least on the days that he...

I'm starting to wish this had more to do with sleeping. Our garden has long been unloved. Well, perhaps not unloved as the kids certainl...

Sometimes you need to do a bit of crafting. The children are at nursery today - its realistically the only day I'm going to get this week...

Colourful crafting. Seasonal events are starting to be a bit more fun now that Sally has an inkling of what is all about, but without too...

Wax wraps seem like a great idea, but before using any nice fabric I figured a brief test was in order. This was probably a sensible move...

Blake and Huxley. "To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity i...

Happy bum post arrived. Another eco parcel was waiting for me and Sally when we got back from swimming this morning. It was especially a...