I am one!

Well, I’m thirty years past one, but my little blog is one, or was last week. I was going to have a party- you know, pass-the-parcel, little sandwiches, a cake with candles, a few sugar-crazed kids and a bunch of parents necking Champagne. But then I thought, what’s the point? One-year-olds never appreciate the [...]

I am one!

Well, I’m thirty years past one, but my little blog is one, or was last week. I was going to have a party- you know, pass-the-parcel, little sandwiches, a cake with candles, a few sugar-crazed kids and a bunch of parents necking Champagne. But then I thought, what’s the point? One-year-olds never appreciate the [...]

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge

Cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!

National identity is important, particularly for expats, who rarely need an excuse to have a party. As children growing up in ‘the territories’, these days were ideal opportunities to make a connection with the land mum and dad called home, which we often couldn’t [...]

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge

Cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!

National identity is important, particularly for expats, who rarely need an excuse to have a party. As children growing up in ‘the territories’, these days were ideal opportunities to make a connection with the land mum and dad called home, which we often couldn’t [...]

Analyse this…

By a freakish coincidence, this was published by NMO on the same day my mother sent it to me ( a subtle hint to get me blogging again- apparently the ex-pat readership is threatening a revolt. Do you not have lives in Africa??) I have never been able to resist this kind of email since [...]

Who needs me, when Silvana can cook this??

Tea for one-and-eight-ninths

I have been a bit lax of late in the blogging department. Put it down to nesting and such- but now the nursery has been painted, decorated, furnished, curtained and dog-proofed. The Moses basket is stationed by my bed and the car seat is installed (so the dog gets used to it being there, you [...]