Turn of the Shrew

This is a shrew. But then you knew that right? Except, It’s not just a shrew. It’s special. Because on December 31st every year, it evolves, just for a moment, into something else. It becomes… The New Year Shrew Sighhhhhh. Is it not beautiful? All year round it does normal, everyday shrew stuff, such as: Chasing stag beetles around small anthills Reciting Wordsworth to foreign dignitaries at [...]

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In love with Borders

My mate Rosie gets slightly miffed if I mention Mansfield’s ‘bookshop’. Rosie: “Mansfield doesn’t have a book shop Jo, it has Whsmiths, which is not a bookshop.” Me: “It has blumming books doesn’t it? So it’s a bookshop.” Rosie just shakes her head in mock disgust and grins. You see, though she was born [...]

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Self help, help yourself

So you know sometimes people give you weird gifts that you’re not sure how to respond to? Like diet books? Shudder. Well last week I got this. This could be seen as a dig at the fact I am stalked by slugs, or, a warm and loving meant gift to help me overcome my fear of their squishy ooziness. I mean, it’s probably [...]

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You rock, and I don’t mean you’re like a pebble ok?

Just wanted to say an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who has commented and acted on my post about my friend Marie and Pulmonary Haemosiderosis. You have given us some brilliant ideas and definitely some hope. I will be passing all this on to my fab friend, as well as researching a lot [...]

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