I am on the outrage bus at today’s article in The Daily Mail and the Mumsnet nazis are chipping in too, nodding furiously, and telling us to grab your pinny girls, keep the home fires burning, and raise your children. …

‘A Blog With Substance’ and an unexpected inquisition (a bit like the Spanish one)
Maranda at My Camo Coloured Life has given me an award. Thank you so much for this award. I am sincerely flattered and honoured to have this bestowed upon my humble little blog. Now, winning an award does not come …

Real Life: Love Endurance
A big chopper Up, up, into the sky, the juddering rumble of the spinning rotators. If only Michael Angelo had explained why, Those circling blades made it fly. Does anyone know just what makes it go Up, up into the …

Real Life: I Hate Housework!
It’s tedious, monotonous and infinite! I resent the fact that Hagar doesn’t do as much as me and has somehow managed to morph a relationship founded on equality to one of segregated conjugal roles! How did this happen? At the …

Real Life: A Modern Military Mother
When I first met Hagar and we were in the throws of young love, I had a perception of what a military officer’s wife was like and it wasn’t me. I looked down my arrogant, young nose at those betrothed …