Sarah

Doctor, heal thyself?

The improved National Health Service

The British Medical Association has weighed in on the new Prime Minister David Cameron’s health care proposals. Continue reading “Doctor, heal thyself?”

Short Story Awards

I love listening to the BBC short story awards, but somehow missed that they were on last week. Thank you goodness for ‘Listen Again’ and Podcasts! Continue reading “Short Story Awards”

What to cook if you don’t have much time

My latest quick recipe: if I show you mine, will you show me yours? Continue reading “What to cook if you don’t have much time”

Foibles of recycling

Nothing so simple as recycling, composting and the like?

Well it depends where you live. And not only which county you live in, but which part of the county you live in. For example in Oxfordshire you have a choice of the following:

Cherwell District Council –
Oxford City Council –
South Oxfordshire District Council –
Vale of White Horse District Council –
West Oxfordshire District Council –

and each has its own policy. Continue reading “Foibles of recycling”

’Things are seldom what they seem…’, Writing Competition November 2010

The major turning point in Dennis’s life started with an innocuous enough comment.
“We should get a dog,” said his wife Madeleine one Wednesday morning over breakfast. Continue reading “’Things are seldom what they seem…’, Writing Competition November 2010”

Outside it is wet, dull and cold. Not freezing cold, but the sort of cold that gets damply into your bones. It’s the sort of cold that makes you want to curl up in front of a fire and read. Hibernating weather. Continue reading “Weather or not”

Baton haiku

The term, ‘baton haiku’ has been proposed by my cyber-friend Isobel and a very fine idea it is too.

The idea, put simply, is this: one haiku sparks another, in a sort of chain reaction. Continue reading “Baton haiku”

October Short Story Competition: Pandemic

Science News: Pandemic, exclusive interview.

Unlike the 2009/2010 ‘Swine Flu’ epidemic which was long predicted, over-hyped and claimed many months of media attention, the virus that mutated abruptly into a potential worldwide killer in December 2010 was almost completely unpredicted and until now not reported. Experts we consulted with these newly disclosed facts about the ‘Measles Mutation’ estimate that this virus had the potential to wipe out 75 -80% of the population worldwide. Continue reading “October Short Story Competition: Pandemic”

Procrastination

With one child at the start of GCSE courses and the other setting out on the way to A levels, with only one half term’s worth under their belts so far, we are fully aware that there will be a fair amount of homework set, and that some of this will be ‘holiday homework’. Continue reading “Procrastination”

The Archers and others

I have been listening to ‘The Archers’ on and off for years. There was a very brief time, when the boys were small, when I would actually have both of them in bed by three minutes past seven and this would be the time to start again in the kitchen for the adult meal preparation, just as the music started. Then I would feel a certain sense of achievement. (The eldest would usually choose that moment to appear at the kitchen door and ask for a drink, complain he couldn’t sleep, or that he had ear-ache etc.) Continue reading “The Archers and others”