Tag Archives: online media

You know you spend too much time on Twitter when…

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

I’ve done a couple of posts recently that seem to have struck a chord with people; You Know You’re a Parent When… and Twitter is Like… I’ve been totally bowled over by the response to both, so thank you very … Continue reading →

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Twitter is like…

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

I was out for coffee the other day with a non-tweeting friend. “So what’s Twitter actually like?” she asked. I ummed and ahhed, and explained it all very badly, mumbling some fairly dry stuff about retweets and hashtags and follows. … Continue reading →

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From Daffodils to Despots: the thing about charity.

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

I was chatting to a fellow mum-of-a-toddler the other day, and she was having a bit of a moan about her son’s nursery and the amount of activities they undertake for charity. “It seems like there’s something different every week. … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: The Sound of Shame

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I am chuffed to pieces to have a guest post today from The Shoogly Peg, whose excellent blog can be found here and whose tweets can be found here.  There is a noise that I remember from school. It was the … Continue reading →

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Live In The Now: June

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Wow. I’m amazed that it has been a whole month since I put up my first Live In The Now post. For those that missed my May ramblings, the premise is that you try and take a monthly snapshot of … Continue reading →

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The Book I’d Like to Write: 373 Friends

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

At the last count, I had 373 Facebook friends. There is more than sixty years difference between my youngest and oldest friends. A dozen of them are related to me. There are seven Sarahs, and three Tims, but only one … Continue reading →

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An Epic Follow Friday…

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

I’d planned to make this blog about more than just parenting – and I will, honest – I’m just getting into the swing of things. But in lieu of the promised posts from me about politics, photography and poetry, here’s … Continue reading →

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