Family meals around the table

  When I was a child and visited friends’ homes after school, meal times were unlike anything I was used to. Instead of everybody in the family sitting around the dinner table, as I was used to doing, meals were often eaten from plates balanced on laps, sitting in front of the television screen.  You… Read More

Our weekend

    This weekend was a good one but went far too quickly, as good weekends have a habit of doing. Stephanie came over to meet her youngest sister for the first time.  She declared Isobel as being adorable, a sentiment I agree with entirely.  Isobel was less impressed with Stephanie, however, spending most of… Read More