The BBC is currently running Springwatch, a nature programme with live updates from around the country. Check out the website , watch online...

One aspect of blogging I particularly enjoy is the insight into how families develop their own special gifts - what you might call their fam...

As today was a public holiday we planned to share a picnic lunch with our neighbours. I have this mental image of picnics. A rug spread on c...

On May 27th 1986 - twenty years ago today - I was received into the Catholic Church, confirmed and received Holy Communion for the first tim...

I have no fashion sense whatsoever, but fabulous taste in books. (Melissa Wiley) I knew my friend from Here in the Bonny Glen was a kindred...

"It", in this case, being paper ... the weird and wonderful assortment of writing, pictures, printouts, worksheets, maps and assor...

Tomorrow (May 25th) should be the memoria of Saint Bede the Venerable, but this year he gets shunted out by the Solemnity of the Ascension. ...

A picture of a beautiful blanket on the equally beautiful Babylove blog inspired me to attempt an imitation. Mine is a smaller, lighter ve...

Hat tip to various members of the Real Learning blogs webring (see the sidebar) ... couldn't resist this short quiz to see what type of...

Star's First Communion Mass this afternoon went beautifully. I was so proud of her as she read the welcome - loud and clear, and with ex...

I really, really can't believe I did that! I'm blaming pregnancy brain. This morning Star and I went to confession to prepare for he...

Star will be making her First Communion this afternoon. She is reading the welcome for the Mass and is a little nervous about remembering wh...

With what is probably ridiculous timing given Little Cherub's imminent arrival, I have started a new blog. As part of our normal homesch...

Our house sounds like Escape of the Lizard Man or some other reptilian horror movie. Angel is trying to learn to flutter tongue - a special ...

I just went to the fridge in search of a snack and pitched on a jar of olives. As I was taking them out I spotted a tub of vanilla flavoured...

Star worked very hard earlier this week on a newspaper-style collection of funny stories about our family. All carefully typed and all her o...

Our Easter read aloud has been The Young Life of St.Maria Faustina by Claire Jordan Mohan. I'm afraid it has been a bit of a chore, tho...

A few weeks ago I posted about Star's ballet exam . Yesterday, she got her results ... A grades for both ballet and modern dance. Well d...

I now know why so many of the things we used to hang on pegs during our day have fizzled out. Our pegs have fallen off the wall. Specificall...

Yet another book that had been sitting on my shelf unused for some time is Discover Your Child's Learning Style by Mariaemma Willis and ...