For no reason that I can pin down, I found myself mulling over those things that take me instantly back to my childhood - not just childhoo...

I went for my twenty eight week growth scan today and we are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our third daughter :). She was more ...

Yesterday Angel played in her first brass band concert, making me a very proud mamma! Star and I went to listen; Tevye was disappointed to m...

He who sings, prays twice (St.Augustine) I grew up in a Methodist family. Methodists sing hymns; they sing them loudly and well. Even as the...

Tipping my hat to St.Athanasius Academy , who tips hers in turn to Cay's Cajun Cottage , I couldn't resist finding out What Type of ...

Much excitement in our household. The dance school the girls attend is run by a young and enthusiastic teacher, who works hard to both chall...

Thanks be to God! Tevye's operation is safely over and he is recovering at record speed. So much so, that we were able to bring him home...

We are in crisis mode here. Tevye is in hospital waiting for spinal surgery tomorrow. He suffers from quite severe scoliosis (curvature of t...

Angel and I have been trying to build a Zook. What is a Zook, you ask? Zooks come from Bamzooki, a BBC children's TV series in which chi...

Lent began on Ash Wednesday with the priest marking our foreheads with ashes as a sign of repentence and as a reminder of our own mortality:...

I got the last two posts out of order, and have absolutely no idea how to put it right. Please read in reverse order.

I saw my community midwife today for a routine check and apparently I look the right size, feel the right size, and measure the right size f...

We prepared for Lent in traditional fashion by cooking (and eating) large quantities of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday - widely known in the UK ...

This week I have been reading How the Heather Looks by Joan Bodger, in which she describes a tour of England she and her family made in the ...

Day 2: Winchester (Jane Austen , King Alfred, King Arthur - sort of!) From Oxford, we are going to make a short hop down to the even more an...

Day 3: Keyhaven and Lymington (Elizabeth Goudge) If I were to pick my top ten favourite books, there would be at least one from Elizabeth Go...

Day 4: Chesil Beach, Dorset (John Meade Falkner) From Lymington we travel west along the Dorset coast, through Christchurch, Bournemouth, Po...

Day 5: Cornwall (T.H.White, Daphne du Maurier, Ru mer Godden) Today starts with a longer drive as we head south-west to Cornwall. Although I...

Day 6: Cornwall (Winston Graham) Today's tour is pure self-indulgence, an excuse to visit some of my very favourite places. In the mid 1...

Day 7: Wells, Somerset (Elizabeth Goudge) As we head back up through the West Country it is time to hit the Elizabeth Goudge trail again. Th...