It is perhaps on this evening more than any other that I start to feel jealous of retired people. As I stare bleakly into the gaping chasm of another school year, knowing that from here on, the nights are getting longer, the days colder and my only available “free time” is likely to be spent sleeping-or…
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Ode to the Summer Holidays
Each year, there is a day which simply cannot be beaten. A day when you wake up, and feel as though the world is quite literally your oyster. The sun is shining (sometimes), the birds (usually seagulls) are singing, and the promise of weeks of blissful relaxation, of days spent lounging by a pool drinking…
Single Mum Cooks: Cheesy courgette pasta
Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Single Mum Cooks. I need to stop saying that. I sound like The Two Ronnies doing a sketch where they wear matching glasses and say goodnight from each other. Anyway, today I am talking about courgettes. Now I like a courgette; however, clearly so do the other…
Top Ten Cafes to Visit With Kids in Bristol
As any reader of this blog, or person that knows me in real life (I know, can you believe real life people still exist?) will be aware, I love to go to cafes with Piglet. There’s nothing better than sitting back, relaxing and enjoying a warm latte and a slice of cake while Piglet wrecks…
Extended Breastfeeding and Parenting Judgement
Before I had a child, there were many things that I thought I would never do. Bribing my child with biscuits to get them to sit in a pushchair, for one (clearly any child of mine was going to come running from the swings and willingly climb into the pushchair with nothing more than a…
#Inspire and Flourish
It seems like only five minutes since I wrote a post giving a shout out to my top three favourite new bloggers, but I find myself doing so again, for this month’s #InspireandFlourish with the Less Refined Mind. This time, instead of blogs in general, I wanted to mention some posts which have, um, inspired…
Single Mum Cooks: Coconut Vegetable Curry
Well hello folks, and welcome to the latest edition of Single Mum Cooks. This one is that good old classic, Coconut Vegetable Curry, also known as something I just knocked up with whatever ingredients were lying around in the kitchen and needed to be used up. It is a well known fact that I am…
To Date or Not to Date?
That is the question. It’s a question that I have so far been answering with a resounding “no.” The thought of going online and putting myself forward to be scrutinised by strangers, and not making the grade. The thought of having to sit opposite someone and make small talk, thinking all the while about how…
Having a Baby: What’s The Right Time?
Another day, another brief trawl through the news; another headline flashing a great big red warning light decrying the trend for women (note I said “women” and not “people” here, as if women alone are responsible for furthering the next generation of humans) to have children later, and admonishing us all for being hard-headed careerists/wanting…
Who Needs Conventionality?
It was all supposed to be so easy. Grow up, go to university, enjoy your youth for a few years, then settle down, buy a house, have the big wedding with the big white dress, the perfect photos, the perfect venue, the perfect gushing speeches, and then pop out a baby; then a second, between two and…