Poem: Harsh
I’ve been too harsh little one, too harsh and I don’t mean it but I stick with it sleepily in the dead of night at the very edge of my limits and when you have none, but that’s not your...
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Parkfield Parents, No Outsiders and Homophobia
I must be dreaming, because I swear section 28 was repealed but it feels like we’ve gone back in time. Four schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching children that LGBTQ people exist. Hundreds of homophobic parents are protesting outside one...
Snappy’s Screen Time
I grew up in front of a television. I grew up being told my eyes would go square if I sat so close but mostly I was left to it. I read a lot too, both my parents read to...
Poem and February Word Count
First up February was not as prolific a month as January was. And that’s okay. I did not expect to do as well as I did last month, I did not expect to keep up the pace if only because...
Dear Nursery Staff…Anything Else We Need To Know
Snappy starts nursery this week. Just two afternoons a week, enough to get him out of Bethends hair and into the hair of someone else for a few hours. I mean, just enough to socialise him and prepare him for...
January Word Count
So, I mentioned my pledge to write 200,000 words in January with Get Your Words Out. I’m doing weekly word count updates on my writing blog, but here I’ll stick to monthly word counts. Here’s what counts towards my word...
The Real Risks Of Having Kids And Cats
I got a lot of questions and criticisms about having so many animals while bethend was pregnant. People expected me to get rid of four cats (and some chickens and a hamster) because of risk to the baby. Even though...
