On Good Friday, the roof came off. The Funny Little Bungalow was decapitated, and its entrails burned in a pyre. And this is all because we love it soooo much. Big Seymour set to work early on Good Friday, with Read more
When moving out, whether it is to a bigger house or a smaller house or even a shed, it is only natural that things get thrown away – the dusty old bits of tat that have slunk around in corners Read more
I don’t really know where to start with this entry, apart from to say that I am pleased to be able to update the blog, as The Shed is now equipped with WiFi, and so I must put it off Read more
I always find New Year’s Eve a bit hard to cope with. It’s as if there is an enormous, invisible clock, ticking away above my head, reminding me that my time is nearly up. But what does that mean? What Read more
I swept the kitchen floor yesterday. There was dust all over it, and crumbs. And mud, probably. So I swept it, and felt better. Five minutes later, I returned to the same spot I had recently swept, just as a Read more
Blue Rabbit has arrived. He is lovely – a happy little chap, who has made his way up from Devon overnight to join us here at the Funny Little Bungalow, in a brown envelope addressed especially to me. Blue Rabbit Read more
There is an eerie sense of foreboding hanging over the Funny Little Bungalow at the moment. Spring is (thankfully) in the air, and the mud is drying up, but the house has never really looked worse. This feeling has been Read more
Little Seymour Number Two has turned nine today. Nine years old! Unbelievable. I can’t help but think back to where we were nine years ago, and reminisce about that time. It was quite a contrast to the way we are Read more
On Sunday, as I drove Little Seymour Number One to her play rehearsal, I noticed a vacancy for a scaffolder, advertised outside a local builder’s yard. Hmmm, I thought. For a very brief moment, I could see myself in a Read more
As I look around me, at the muddle that is my house, I struggle to understand just why it is that I cannot stick to the plan I have every week, and that is to simply clear stuff out. I’ve Read more