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I Predict a Pink Bird

Saturday, February 14, 2009

It’s funny, I often wished for psychic abilities. Not for reasons of fame and fortune. Not to forsee and change the mistakes I might make. not even for heroic reasons, but just for the experiences it might bring. The knowing, the deja-vu, the wonder. So imagine my surprise, (though I probably already knew but [...]

Little Monsters

Friday, October 3, 2008

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Shmesco put out its Halloween stock yesterday and for the first time the choice is pretty vast. Having been in earlier in the day when I dropped Miss E and Miss M at school and nursery it was with some trepidation that we joined cousin ME and baby J after nursery for a wander [...]

More scary than a very scary thing

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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It comes from beyond the hall. A slow, eerie dragging sound, accompanied by muffled yet unmistakable thuds and squeaks. I stand for a moment. Perfectly still. The kind of still where you actually stop breathing because the sound of your chest rising and falling might just cover the millisecond when this someone or something takes its next [...]

Fun Monday – Our House

Monday, December 17, 2007

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This weeks Fun Monday comes from the gorgeous Kitten who says… “Today for Fun Monday I thought it would be neat to hear about the story behind your home and the road you live on. It doesn’t have to be historical, maybe just something that stands out to you. It would be nice to have pictures [...]

Halloween Happenings

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

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Hmmm, I am not here. I am in London watching Lee Mead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. It’s part of Miss E’s birthday prezzie, remember? Hooray. So I am quickly prepared in advance, by doing this quiz, How scary are you? I was thinking, well you know, I have a slight temper… I loved Buffy [...]

Halloween has never been so scary

Monday, October 29, 2007

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Miss M: “D’you know? Dare was a dark cave… an’ a wickle spider, an’ a monster ate my granny.” Me: “Oh dear. Naughty monster.” Miss M: “An it didn’t eat me cos my hair was too fwuffy, but it did eat de dragon and my granny.” A halloween nightmare brought to you by Miss [...]

I don’t want my mummy

Thursday, October 18, 2007

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Barbara feels much better today, as do Misses E and M. We had an interesting night with Miss E the last two nights as she refused to sleep in her bed and we ended up taking it down and letting her sleep on a mattress on the floor. Miss E has one of those midi-sleeper beds [...]

Do you believe in ghosts?

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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David over at author blog has posed this weeks question if anyone else would like to join in. All he asks is that you link to him in return so he can follow its progress. And the question is: Do you believe in ghosts? We’ve discussed it a little before, here and here, And you all know I get spooked [...]