Tomorrow Aberdeen will be having a mass bike ride in protest of the lack of cycling infrastructure in […]
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It was parent-teacher interviews at school last night and I’m so proud of the kids. They’re just amazing […]
My 11-year-old son told me off for being sexist this week. We were watching TV and one of […]
It was announced today that Scotland is going to be the first part of the UK to outlaw […]
Elizabeth has been reading Sophie’s World which is an introductory philosophy book for children. Recently she started talking […]
I did a terrible thing last night: I sliced Mr Lemon in two. Elizabeth likes to draw faces […]
Ben overheard this conversation between Daniel and Elizabeth. They were playing some game together on their devices which […]
It’s tough when your kids don’t have any friends at school. That has been the case for Daniel […]
Working from home means sometimes I’m working when the kids are around. This is the case after school on […]
I copied the following factsheet from George Monbiot’s blog, Car Sick. He is encouraging people to share it: I've […]
It’s that time of year again. Here’s what the kids have put in their letters to Santa. Dear […]
Daniel wrote a letter to Donald Trump. This letter is for Donald Trump. Dear Mr Trump. Can you […]
Donald Trump has won the election. It’s an understatement to say I’m shocked. The majority have voted for a […]
A Canadian company has produced an interesting fork – Aromafork. Watch the video to see how it works. […]
I spent most of my day off yesterday working in the school garden. Somehow it doesn’t look much better […]
About an hour ago someone managed to publish a post to my blog. This was not me. It […]
Daniel has been asking me questions about the world wars. We’ve been reading the Chronicles of Narnia and […]
Elizabeth drew a face on a lemon the other day and now takes the thing with her everywhere. She […]
There was a solar eclipse this morning and just as it went noticeably darker I glanced out my […]
Modern parents, like me, have a tendency to wrap their kids in cotton wool. We do it because …
