For those who didn't know, yesterday, 18th January, was National Winnie-The-Pooh day.  A time to celebrate the Bear of Very Little Brain, his loyal if somewhat fearful friend Piglet and all the other wonderful creations of A. A. Milne.  If you haven't already got the books*, Dear Reader, go get 'em.  They've been in print since the mid 1920s so ( Read more... )

These are anxious times for some, full of Questions.  'What if's ( Read more... )

Gosh it's chilly today.  There was still frost on various roofs when I pegged out the washing just before 10am.  That was a Good Thing.  Pegging out before 10am.  The past couple of times I've put a load of washing on an 'every day' setting, instead of being done in an hour or so it's gone on for three hours or more!  That meant it wasn't getting ( Read more... )

Home Thoughts from a Broad

To continue the debate over education, & whether our children (or even some of you, Dear Readers) are getting an adequate one:  I have been following the current adventures of Frank the Goat, in Frank  the Comic, with interest, eg: here, & for the previous fortnight.   The basic storyline is that baby Frank is a picky ( Read more... )