My son is looking for his first job since graduating. I had names of a couple of people who could be useful contacts and I e-mailed them to him using his hotmail e-mail which is made up of his full name which I will not repeat it here – to protect the innocent. (He has others that he [...]
We discovered that my son had “specific learning difficulties” when he was in his 5th year at High School. This explained a lot about the reports we had had about him all through his school life. I knew that he was a very bright boy ( I am his Mum – I would say that!) [...]
My daughter has been a fan of the Welsh band Stereophonics for 9 years now since she was at school. She is particularly fond of the lead singer Kelly Jones wearing the shades in the pic below.
She jokes with her friends that she will meet Kelly one day and end up marrying him. She and [...]
Edinburgh is alive with a flood of brand new students. For many the Freshers Week events are past and the first classes have started. I was by the halls of residence for University of Edinburgh last night and saw the familiar clusters of new fresh faced students finding out about the city with new friends.
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It falls to me to organise the packing when we travel. I suppose I am quite good at it ..or maybe the others realise that it gets them out of the tedium of getting the stuff ready and also means that they can blame me if something does not come with us that is vital.
I [...]
