For Better Sleep, Better Sleep with a Friend

For Better Sleep, Better Sleep with a Friend

by | Apr 23, 2017 | Family

“I think I’m going to write about platonic co-sleeping,” I said to my husband before I sat down in front of the pc. “Platonic co-sleeping? You mean marriage? Ba-dum-tsh!” I rolled my eyes in a wifely way. “No, I’m going to write about sharing a bed with Libby.” “Oh,...
Batty for Lashes!

Batty for Lashes!

by | Apr 16, 2017 | Fashion

In the photo she posted on Insta recently, my goddaughter looks like a young Dusty Springfield.  She has the ‘up-do’, a teeny-weeny shift dress and enormous eye lashes.  A small part of me is jealous. It’s the lashes. Thick, long and totally artificial. I look at my...
A Lot of Bottle

A Lot of Bottle

by | Apr 9, 2017 | Food

My toe hurts. It hurts because I opened the fridge at work and a Millennial’s Fruit Infuser Water Bottle filled with a litre of fruit infused water, fell on it. It was my introduction to Fruit Infuser Water Bottles – plastic bottles with a cylinder insert...
High Brow? Low Brow? No Brow?

High Brow? Low Brow? No Brow?

by | Apr 2, 2017 | Fashion

In 1979 my school friend Sarah bought her first LP. It was The Fine Art of Surfacing by the Boomtown Rats. Between the pair of us we had a record collection which amounted to her Boomtown Rats album, my copy of Blondie’s Parallel Lines and a 7” of The Floral Dance....
Mum’s the Word

Mum’s the Word

by | Mar 26, 2017 | Family, Talking Points

I am a mother. Every day has been Christmas Day for me since I had my two boys. Who knew I could love anything more than I love butter icing and The Two Ronnies? My children are the most wonderful gifts and I shall always be grateful for having a functioning womb...