Everyday emails to my pal about… everything!
Well, hello there, Friend! How are we doing? Hope all is well and you’re enjoying the bursts of spring popping up all over the place. It’s especially heartening to see daffodils in random spots on roadsides, a patch in a park or even my own terrace. The ones on my terrace are a wonder – … Continue reading And Relax
Hey Friend! How are you doing? January passed in a blur and February seems to want to follow suit in a week of grey skies and pouring rain. Welcome, New Month. But hope springs forth – daffodil shoots are poking up all over the place and it gives me a quiet joy. I, for one … Continue reading Make it Make Sense…
To my fellow writer friends: Do you ever get stuck on what to write? Yes, I know it’s generally called writers block but sometimes it feels less like a pipe blockage and more like a wall that you’d need several attempts with heavy machinery to get through. The idea is there, but the actual words … Continue reading Write, Dear Writer
Hey Friend! Happy New Year! I hope you’re well and that you had a lovely Christmas break. My first day back at work was an INSET day so, no children. It’s a training day for teachers but office staff have to go in too, even though none of what was spoken about was relevant to … Continue reading Happy New Me
Hey Friend! How are you doing? Just like that, the first week of the school holidays is over (booo!). But there’s still a week left of not setting the alarm, watching movies and eating a large amount of sugary treats (yay!). At any other time of year, I can avoid the sugar, but when yet … Continue reading Christmas Nostalgia
Hi Friend, How are you doing? Are you, like me, on the countdown to the holidays? I’ve got one week until school’s out – whoohoo! I am so ready for the break and so are the children. Getting Little Dude out of bed in the mornings has got increasingly harder each day this week. He … Continue reading The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth
Hey Friend! How’s it going? We’re on the last slog before Christmas – two and a bit weeks left until school breaks up and I cannot wait. Two weeks of not listening to children moan that they can’t have their phone because they got a detention (I’m sorry – was I the reason you were … Continue reading Time to Re-set
Hey Friend! How’s things with you? It’s not only darker here, in London, but also colder now too. The heating is on and the duvet coat, hat, scarf and gloves are essential when heading outdoors. Even though it’s freezing, there’s something quite satisfying about the crunch of frost-encrusted leaves underfoot. Older Miss is settling in … Continue reading Welcome to The School Office
Hey there, How are things with you? I am well but not loving these dark mornings already. We stepped into October and the sun got up at 7.01am. Ridiculous. The clocks will go back at the end of the month so we’ll gain some more daylight for a short time and an extra hour in … Continue reading Book Club!
Hey Friend, How goes it? Just like that, September is over and yet somehow, there’s still four weeks left until half term… It’s been a month of change and highly emotional – I’m tired! That week-long break can’t come soon enough. So, in my last post I shared the highs and lows of taking my … Continue reading A Parent’s Journey to University Send-off: Take Two
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