enerally, I shy away from commenting on what people choose to wear. Personal expression is something I hold sacred; I’m a firm believer that...

very now and again, my wife heads off for a few days of well-earned respite. She’s with a friend who understands the ins and outs of her dis...

aster is often viewed through a single lens, but history reveals a far more complex tapestry. It is a season of renewal and rebirth that pre...

ife has a way of creating chores for us and then making it difficult to complete them. It can be hard to get stuff done when, suddenly, ther...

wenty-five years ago this year, we moved into our home. We were a young family with a five-year-old and another on the way. It’s a little ho...

hile many feel the festive spirit starts to fade as soon as the Boxing Day leftovers are cleared, those who celebrate Yule know the magic is...

This winter is going to be hard. Perhaps the hardest I've experienced since I was a child. Already it's cold but it's going to g...

What a dreadful time we are living through, the world is in a sorry state with climate change not being addressed and war in Europe for the ...

I think I underestimated the effect getting a puppy would have on our household. Magnus has turned our lives upside down.

Ever since Angel passed there has been an emptiness in my life. Our home feels empty without her.

This should have been the blog post I wrote the other week before Angel passed. For some time now, years in fact, our boiler has struggled t...

Friday was Mental Health Awareness Day. Over the last few months I've been increasingly aware that my own mental health has been slip...

Some couples are inseparable, others keep their distance. I like to think that we strike a healthily balance. We love to spend our time t...

We normally put up the tree and decorations on the first weekend in December. Unfortunately this year I was working so we've had to t...

This weekend Morticia has gone away with the girls so I've been left 'home alone', well not quite. I'm here with Rags and...

We live in a small house. It's got 3 bedrooms but they are small. It's fine for us. So when Morticia's father turned up on ...

I get 1 weekend off in every 3 with my current shift pattern. This makes every weekend quite special. This weekend I planned to sort out ...

So my week without Morticia is almost over. I've spent the week mostly being horizontal, eating junk and watching movies and Netflix....

Well, not quite alone but all this week it'll be me with my (not so) little girl, Rags. Morticia is off to spend a week at her mother...

Being a shift worker means I'm at home in the day quite often. The local postman and quite a few of the courier drivers have figured ...