From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Taking his time

by Jan on April 30, 2009

My boy (the grandson) has extraordinary focus. No I’m not just bragging, it’s true. People remark on it all the time. He’ll get involved in a toy, or an activity and he’ll be there for 20 minutes utterly involved, concentrating his teeny socks off. He was like it when he was a little baby. He’d [...]

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Granny boots

by Jan on April 16, 2009

Back in the day (early 1960s), most adults wore ‘granny boots’ in the winter. They were short, and fur-lined, with sensible soles and a zip up the front. Ghastly. And uncool, that’s for sure. Long, calf-hugging, sexy, stylish ‘Kinky’ boots  were all the rage amongst the fashion-conscious and, aged 12 or 13, I desperately wanted [...]

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Poet, aged 10

by Jan on April 15, 2009

I wasn’t that happy in Class 1 at my primary school. I was target of some bullying and was, as always in those days, struggling to find my place. Every Friday afternoon our task was to find a poem that we liked, copy it into our Poetry Books and then illustrate it. If we felt [...]

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