It’s nice to do something different and nature is good for the soul and for inspiration, so I thought I would go down to the nearby park with my colleague for lunch. She jogged like a maniac and I walked and wrote in my new journal and read some. Then I got pestered by some […]

Coming from a British South Asian background, the concept of beauty can often be confused and to my mind very limited. Beautiful is fair, beautiful is large eyes and small lips and long black hair. Anything else is flawed. Black cannot be beautiful, white is better.I’ve looked over this whole issue with distant disapproval until […]

I had a go at making some cards to put away for Eid-ul-Fitr. I hope to make enough to send to friends, family and relatives in Pakistan, plus a few for my mum to send out. I like some more than others and I was pleased I could use up some of the odds and […]

I had a go at making some cards to put away for Eid-ul-Fitr. I hope to make enough to send to friends, family and relatives in Pakistan, plus a few for my mum to send out. I like some more than others and I was pleased I could use up some of the odds and […]

It’s nice to do something different and nature is good for the soul and for inspiration, so I thought I would go down to the nearby park with my colleague for lunch. She jogged like a maniac and I walked and wrote in my new journal and read some. Then I got pestered by some […]

It’s nice to do something different and nature is good for the soul and for inspiration, so I thought I would go down to the nearby park with my colleague for lunch. She jogged like a maniac and I walked and wrote in my new journal and read some. Then I got pestered by some […]

I had a go at making some cards to put away for Eid-ul-Fitr. I hope to make enough to send to friends, family and relatives in Pakistan, plus a few for my mum to send out. I like some more than others and I was pleased I could use up some of the odds and […]

Against all expectations my tomatoes are turning red(dish). Mostly every year they turn green and then the plant dies or the slugs eat them. My mum didn’t expect them to turn red either so reserved all of the green ones in advance to freeze and use in her delicious veg curries. Looks like I’ll have […]

So I got the kids to clear out all of the broken bits of crayon from their colouring pencil/crayon box and take the paper covers off (I had to stop them from getting too carried away and breaking the whole ones). Being very anal, I got the kids to sort the bits of crayons into […]

Against all expectations my tomatoes are turning red(dish). Mostly every year they turn green and then the plant dies or the slugs eat them. My mum didn’t expect them to turn red either so reserved all of the green ones in advance to freeze and use in her delicious veg curries. Looks like I’ll have […]

So I got the kids to clear out all of the broken bits of crayon from their colouring pencil/crayon box and take the paper covers off (I had to stop them from getting too carried away and breaking the whole ones). Being very anal, I got the kids to sort the bits of crayons into […]

So I got the kids to clear out all of the broken bits of crayon from their colouring pencil/crayon box and take the paper covers off (I had to stop them from getting too carried away and breaking the whole ones). Being very anal, I got the kids to sort the bits of crayons into […]

Sometimes you feel invincible, as if everything is under control and you can handle whatever come at you – empowered, strong, capable.  Then there are times when nothing seems to make sense and you can’t even seem to manage your day to day life.  It’s at times like these that I really appreciate the difference […]

One of many things I and Little Lady have in common is our love of make-up and out inability to apply it very expertly. Little Lady is 11 now and people might think that is way too young for her to be interested in make-up. I have a friend who complained about her daughter’s interest […]