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BlogMarch against Child Benefit Cuts
We are on day 2 of the BlogMarch of 10 members of the Irish Parenting Bloggers group. A plan I dreamed up on the toilet last Friday morning and shared on the Irish Parenting Bloggers Facebook page. Over the next 48 hours magic happened through the incredible enthusiasm and hard […]
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What’s the hurry?
As I await the final proof of my second book this year, I am working on the second draft of my third book – The Rainbow Way – which you all very kindly helped me to name! It could potentially be three books published in […]
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The Dog’s Vagina
Have you ever been hugged in your inbox? I know, it sounds a bit dodgy. But it’s wonderful. You go to your inbox, expecting the usual deluge of penile enhancement… (ASIDE) “Yo, mo-fo! I have a VAGINA! Get that, I don’t need no enhancement. I […]
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A Writer Celebrates…
This week I am mainly having a good writer’s week. So I wanted to share my celebrations with you! Every couple of weeks I get the most special emails from grateful readers. I want to share this week’s one from a reader in Australia, that […]
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Houston we have a title!
Firstly, thank you all for your thoughts and feedback for my book title. How wonderful having twenty other women’s brains buzzing with ideas – I love crowd-sourcing – you came up with so many angles that I had not considered. I’ve been listening to all […]
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I Need YOUR Help to Name my Next Book
OK, dearest readers, YOUR help is needed! (And there’s a prize!)I have now printed out a complete second draft of my next book – the one I have been referring to as “The Creative Rainbow Mama”, which I hope to have out early in the […]
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Damn Compulsory Education – Part 2
So I keep being asked how it goes. With the whole school thing. (For Part 1 see here) The short answer is… it goes. The long answer is it’s been a pretty shit week in my world. I have felt in conflict with my husband […]
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Dearest Mama…
Dearest mama, You started out with such high hopes, big dreams – how you would help the world to embrace your dear sweet children. You whispered your promises to them in the womb. Of how you would be the perfect mother – ever gentle, kind […]
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Sweeter with you
In between the drama of almost, and the saga of Merrily starting school, we had the most wonderful family holiday in the UK – sunshine, picnics in the park, full days at the playground, ice creams and water play, pond dipping, seeing loved ones, a […]
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Damn Compulsory Education
We are struggling at the moment. Really struggling. To send our two children to school. It is compulsory education. For them, for us. This does not feel good. For two mornings in a row we have spent 1 1/2 hours cajoling and forcing them into uniforms. […]
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