You’ll never guess who’s to blame…

Who gets blamed in your home when something goes missing? The cat? An invisible friend? In Ophelia Redpath‘s The Lemur’s tale funny goings-on in a quayside home of a slightly eccentric naturalist keep being blamed on the family’s only child. Little does the Family Laruby know that a mischievous lemur is actually to blame. Having [...]

Simply put: A book you must read

I’ve been trying to review one particular book since December, and I keep failing. Today’s post is bound to be yet another failure, for I find it hard to be clinical and cool-headed about the book in question. But the time’s come. I shall beat about the bush no more. The Snow Merchant by Sam [...]

Pinkness and the joy of dance when raising kids

We don’t do much pinkness in this home full of females. Indeed I taught myself to sew when my girls were really tiny because I was determined not to dress them in pink, and at the time it seemed that if you wanted skirts and dresses for female babies the only option in shops was [...]

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