Domestic Goddesque

I always expected to be a ‘Mummy’, certainly when pregnant I always talked about becoming a ‘Mummy’. Yet somehow, from the moment that Cecily was born, I have been a ‘Mamma’. I have spent 18 months calling myself Mamma, as has everyone else, so how is it that when she finally got round to referring [...]

I am not yet forsaking the blogging world for the ‘real writer’ world (with apologies to the many noted writers who blog, bloggers who secured a book deal and all those inbetween.) I shall now take up residence at my new site now that I have our new house in order. Well, I say that, but [...]

Along with the disposal of a million-and-one pine needles, an enormous credit card bill and a sense of desperation, the New Year is also synonymous with The Resolution. You determine to lose weight, give up smoking, learn more, be nicer, bigger, better. And invariably you set out with the best of intentions, make it through [...]

I don’t know what the future will hold for Britain, for the United States and for the World, but I am glad that I am witness to such an extraordinary moment in America’s past, present and future.

I imagine you are wondering where I have been of late. I’d like to tell you that I won the lottery and have been busy adjusting to my newfound wealth. I’d like to tell you that my husband whisked me and my daughter away on a round the world trip. I’d like to tell you [...]

They say that life is what happens while you are making other plans. Welcome to my world. In my head, the move was simple, straight-forward and very carefully orchestrated. I had made lists, cross-referenced things, booked and double-checked bookings and explained to the packers exactly what they needed to do and when. The reality fell [...]

They say that having a baby and moving house are some of the most stressful events in life and that you should try not to do them both in the same year. We aren’t. We’re doing them in the same month. Sadly Granny M had to go back to the people of Ethiopia at the [...]

They say that having a baby and moving house are some of the most stressful events in life and that you should try not to do them both in the same year. We aren’t. We’re doing them in the same month. Sadly Granny M had to go back to the people of Ethiopia at the [...]