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Something worrying is happening – I’m getting a strange crush on Sportacus. For those of you who don’t have young children or an addiction to CBeebies, Sportacus is the lead in an obnoxious programme called Lazy Town. I used to hate this programme and try to avoid my children watching it but I’ve relented because [...] I just listened to myself on the radio – and was pleasantly surprised! I was expecting to cringe but instead felt proud that I actually sounded as eloquent and authoritative as other radio guests. If you are now intrigued you can go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/11/23/revolutionbaby_feature.shtml to listen again, read a feature article and look at some [...] On Monday I recorded my first radio interview. It’s going to be serialised every night next week (starting Monday 26th November) on the Drive show on Radio Bristol. You can listen on-line (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/local_radio/) and I’m told I’ll be on shortly after 6pm. I’m very nervous about how I’ll come across. A spoken interview is scary. When [...] Today I’m Virtuous Mummy. I took my children to the park while a wholesome casserole was cooking in the oven rather than dragging them across the parish on endless errands then dashing home for fish fingers and peas. I’m not sure why I bothered. The four year old announced he didn’t like cooked carrots and the [...] The launch of Revolution Baby: Motherhood and Anarchy in Kyrgyzstan on Saturday was fantastic! As we were setting up, the room filling with two yurts and colourful craft stalls, I suddenly felt excited that it was all coming together. I had wanted to create a Kyrgyz festival where people could learn something of the country. [...] My mind has gone numb. In four hours I am launching Revolution Baby and yet my mind is empty. I’m hoping that everything I need is packed in the car. I’m hoping that the words I was planning to say will come back to me when the time comes for my speech. I feel out [...] Two very good friends have just announced that they are moving abroad to work for a few years. Selfishly, I am devastated. They currently live an hour away and as they have two children the same age as Tom and Ben we see each other often and talk regularly. I feel reassured by their proximity. [...] No, not mine, although I’m only able to write this now because Ben is in bed and Tom playing very nicely on his own with cars, trains and a track. My title refers to the pre-school children who I talked to about Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. They sat in a neat semi-circle in silence, possibly a stunned [...] Momentum is building for the launch: we’ve had a family photo taken for The Thornbury Gazette (should be in Thursday’s edition); a local bookshop has bought copies; a London bookshop (Daunt Books) has ordered wholesale; poor Matthew is busy creating promotional bookmarks and I’m ticking off names on my guest list. Tomorrow I face my greatest [...] This week I hit the depths of motherhood. But then found the highs in the most unlikely places. Matthew has been working in Croatia for the past ten days. For someone who likes his sleep, he certainly picked the right week to be away. Firstly Ben (22 months) had croup; nights of wheezing and coughing until he [...] |
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