From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Mother – an end and a beginning

by Jan on July 14, 2009

My mother died in 1995. I was with her in the last couple of days of her life and I kept a journal. I think that was the first time I ever used writing as a tool to get me through a difficult situation. Later that year  I started the journal about my life which [...]

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11+ hothousing – plus ça change

by Jan on July 7, 2009

A memory from this baby boomer’s childhood The top class at my junior school had a reputation to maintain. As a matter of course a good 90%+ of the pupils passed the 11+ and went to either the boys’ grammar school or the girls’ high school. I must be clear that this was not because [...]

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When your best friend’s a biscuit

by Jan on July 4, 2009

We took our little chap to a cafe yesterday. Having popped him into a highchair, we ordered him some ‘bapple juice’ and, as doting parents and grandparents must do many times a day, fell for the Children’s Menu’s promise of a ‘Shortbread Sheep’. With indulgent smiles we ordered this sugary treat for our sweet boy [...]

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