After all the stresses and strains of the past few days, I am so very happy to be going away for the weekend with Gordon to Paris. Photo ...

Gordon and I took Duncan to the doctor yesterday. In my referral letter, they'd said that the building was being renovated in parts so w...

I listened to Stephen Nolan's bumptious phone-in show on local radio this morning. He had a few people on discussing our climate change ...

I've had better days. Sure I've had worse, but I'm worn out and feeling negative. Dealing with Duncan today was no picnic. He...

I spent most of Paddy's Day '09 with my 2 boys. We baked cakes then covered them with green icing and jelly beans. A few special ...

Happy Paddy's Day to each and every one of you who read what I spew forth onto this blog via my cracked laptop every so often. Photo ow...

We've had a few friends come to visit in the past week or so. First, a friend of Lady's, whom she met at gymnastics stayed over for ...

What do people think of the term "special needs" to mean disabilities? I don't like it. I know it's in common use. Disable...

On this day 13 years ago my mother, then aged 49, died after living with cancer for 10 years. I think about her very often, and not with sad...

Or was it dog shampoo, plastic toys, forward facing strollers, vaccinations, refrigerator mothers, TV, rain, old sperm (though I suppose it ...

Sweet mother of mercy have they taken leave of their senses. Some dude wrote a totally ridiculous book, and the newspapers give him lots of ...

Lady has started back on her blog, Looking in Rock Pools . It had previously been set to invited readers only but she wanted to go public a...

While reading various blogs in the past month or so as part of my duties as one of the many judges, I encountered so many blogs I didn't...

Duncan continues to draw and make films on the computer. Usually these days, he is dressed in his short green trousers, and a green t-shirt ...

I enjoyed myself so much this past weekend. Heading down to Cork for the weekend, staying in a decent hotel and meeting lots of fabulously i...

This is utterly smashing. The short list is out for Saturday's Irish Blog Awards and I'm still there in the specialist category. No...