in which I ponder and worry about life’s big questions… unabashed navel-gazing
Were you wondering how long I could go without mentioning my broken arm? Wonder no more. What follows is the next riveting episode in El Drama del Brazo. I may have mentioned before that I am neither blessed nor cursed in the body hair department. All other body issues aside, I am not, for example, … [Read more…]
Check out my X-ray. Check it out! Not only do I have what looks like a couple of nails and a cable-tie in embedded in my elbow, making me totally and undeniably bionic (something that I used to claim at school, circa 1977, at the height of my titanic Jaime Sommers girl crush), but also … [Read more…]
Today I am devoting my blog to a woman called Kerry, Multiple Mummy. She is a wonderful wife, mother of three young children and much-loved blogger. Three months ago she suffered a brain haemorrhage following a ruptured aneurysm and has been fighting to recover ever since. I don’t know Kerry personally, only from her blog, … [Read more…]
This is the first time that I have linked up with Reasons to be Cheerful 1, 2, 3 over at Mummy From the Heart. Generally speaking I have always got a lot to be cheerful about, but I am linking up this week because, despite a few challenges recently, I have to say that life … [Read more…]
Otoño (versión posterior) Autumn (later version) by Octavio Paz El viento despierta, barre los pensamientos de mi frente y me suspende en la luz que sonríe para nadie: ¡cuánta belleza suelta! Otoño: entre tus manos frías el mundo llamea.The wind awakes, sweeps the thoughts from my forehead and suspends me in the light that smiles … [Read more…]
