Scare The Kids.

Barking Rad Alfie! This is Alfie. In his usual position: sitting in the front window barking at passers-by and making it clear to all and sundry that if they dare to approach the house he will lick them to death. Alfie looks cute, but he isn’t. Left to his own devices he causes such a…

My Dream Bathroom Did I tell you that I was a victim of a DIY hit and run? Oh yes indeedy. In fact allow me to lead up my stairs, step down into the bathroom and try, oh please try, to disguise your shock at the very state of my bathroom… You would think something…

October is doing exactly what it is supposed to, though frankly it never ceases to amaze me how well behaved the seasons are. How certain it is that Autumn will arrive and lay a carpet of of orange and evergreen down my lane. How my drives to and fro school will be cheered by pheasants…

Well you’ve got to give me credit. It is October 13th and I haven’t mentioned it once. Not even once, when this time last year I had us all in a festive frenzy before we ‘d even had time to carve our pumpkins. I’m kind of scared you see. I’ve had fifteen years of Christmas…

" Surely few regret having chased when children across the wet and briary field after the end of the rainbow. Even after we learned the pot of  gold was a  myth, the inspiration of the chase far outweighed the disillusionment.  Even the darker fictions but add colour to the memory. Few of us would take…