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Poetry Month 2012. 27: Everything

This poem is at the front of Sharon Olds’ One Secret Thing, outside the other five sections – War, The Cannery, Umbilicus, Cassiopeia and One Secret Thing. I previously shared (or at least linked to) Olds’ The Language of the … Continue reading

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Baby loves giraffe

A lift-the-flap animal book, like so many others, Baby Loves: Giraffe doesn’t really have a story – just a bunch of friends you meet, one per 2-page spread. There are lots of books with mirrors in – babies love themselves … Continue reading

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Book Sharing Monday: Night Monkey, Day Monkey

Night Monkey, Day Monkey is one of Polly’s library books that she really enjoyed. It was written by Julia Donaldson of Gruffalo fame, and illustrated by Lucy Richards. As per most of Julia Donaldson’s books, it has a lovely accessible … Continue reading

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Kitchen Table Tycoon

Something, I’m not sure what, made me think that borrowing this book from the library was a good idea. Anita Naik’s Kitchen Table Tycoon: How to Make It Work as a Mother and an Entrepreneur sounded to me, at the … Continue reading

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Bradford Photo a Day. 5: Window

Part of @HiddenBradford‘s #bradfordphotoaday challenge – see intro. This is the photo I originally wanted to use, but then I remembered that Otley is technically in Leeds not Bradford. My second choice was the Gruffalo window at Shipley Library but … Continue reading

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Bradford Photo a Day 4: Statue

Part of @HiddenBradford‘s #bradfordphotoaday challenge – see intro. This was supposed to be the Shipley Shopper but the snow meant that I didn’t leave the house. Here’s our gnome instead: Tweet

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Bradford Photo a Day 3: Reflection

Part of @HiddenBradford‘s #bradfordphotoaday challenge – see intro. On a cold cold day, we wrap up warm before we go out. Polly is on my back, under a big coat. Here we are in the mirror: Tweet

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Bradford Photo a Day. 2: Up

Part of @HiddenBradford‘s #bradfordphotoaday challenge – see intro. Polly is very observant, many a time she’ll spot something we had no idea was there – cats, bears, owls, spoons – often we’ll be walking somewhere, she’ll mention something random, and … Continue reading

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Lenten poetry challenge: three quarters done!

How about it, I’ve got three quarters of the way through Lent and I haven’t let myself down in achieving my Lenten poetry challenge, not even once! Not yet, anyway. This was, being entirely honest, all down to the discovery … Continue reading

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Lent 21: Child

I want to share two poems by Sylvia Plath, because I like the optimism in an image they both share. One of them, I’ve actually shared before, here, but I merely linked to it elsewhere. So, now, I will reproduce … Continue reading

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