Ruth Dawkins (DorkyMum) has recently moved from Edinburgh to Hertfordshire, with her husband (DorkyDad) and three year old DorkySon. She blogs about everything from parenting to politics, and poetry to photography.
DorkyMum is a finalist in the Fresh Voice category of the BritMums Brilliance in Blogging awards and a finalist in the Best New Blog category of the MAD Awards.
In the year that DorkyMum has been up and running, she has had guest articles on numerous other blogs including Guardian Edinburgh, Black Dog Tribe, Bright Green Scotland, and Offbeat Mama. Her archive of articles on Huffington Post UK can be found here. She has been published in the Family section of the Guardian and in Easy Living magazine. During August 2011, she edited the Kids Section of Fest magazine, commissioning and writing reviews of children’s shows at the Edinburgh Festival. She currently edits a monthly round-up of political blog posts for BritMums.
DorkyMum’s photography has been featured on Pioneer Woman, Shutter Sisters, and both BBC and Guardian Online.
Before becoming DorkyMum her previous jobs included: environmental campaigner, MSP candidate, newspaper intern, student union president, climate change ambassador, student journalist, waitress, festival venue front-of-house, and petrol pump attendant.
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Keep In Touch
You can keep in touch with DorkyMum in the following ways:
You can follow her on Twitter where she tweets as @dorkymum
You can come across and say hello on the DorkyMum Facebook Page
You can browse and comment on her photos across on Flickr
You can drop her an email on dorkymum [at] yahoo.co.uk
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DorkyMum in the Media
Stornoway Gazette, Hebrides Online
St Albans People, Harpenden People, St Albans Review
Love the blog – a real tonic ! Bumped into your DorkyMan on George Street today as I was making my way to Hamilton and Inches to pick up my wifes christmas present . Had a chat and was pleased to learn that Save the Children now have the call on his talents.