Pretties From the Pinboard

If we believe that we are destined to read certain books then it must also be true that some books sit on our shelves just waiting for their moment. Today I am re-discovering "Around the House and in the Garden- A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing and Home Improvement." by Dominique Browning. I read this book…

Mummy, I’m so in love with you. Well thats gorgeous baby, thank you. Know why I love you best Mummy? Why Finley? It’s the stories in your head I love best. And your feelings. You’ve got really lovely feelings Mummy. And so my darling little boy, have you.    Other Things To Do At BrocanteHome…

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For some people the day comeswhen they have to declare the great Yesor the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yesready within him: and saying it, he goes from honour to honour, strong in his conviction.He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,he’d still say no.Yet that no- the right no–drags him…

Finley and I are driving each  other nuts.  The child  never stops talking and according to the ludicrously  demanding little monster all my human rights died a death the day they sliced my tummy open and whipped him kicking and screaming into the world. I think he’s unreasonable about just about everything  and he thinks…

Yes, but what does it mean? said Mark, when he first came across BrocanteHome. Well, I explained, the French translation of the word "Brocante" is "article of trifling value". I knew it, he said, you are wasting your time dilly dallying with articles of trifling value, when you could be teaching Finn the capital city…