Behind The Child

We are still here, still plodding along. New guidance means that, as of yesterday, A is officially allowed to leave the house. She hasn’t ...

Someone asked this morning for the last “normal” picture on my phone. It took me a long time to find. It’s nothing special, just a moderatel...

Stay Alert, apparently.  Staying very alert here, as we have had apocalyptic showers of dead poisonous caterpillars. New twist; having se...

Another day done. Verbena plantlings turned up in the post. I planted them, the boy took pride in stomping them down firmly into the ground ...

Mood: better! Brighter. Sunshine always helps. Mood unsquelched despite the discovery that the caterpillars (or hairy danger noodles, Christ...

Day: 45. After a fair bit of consultation, A and I decided it was definitely Thursday today. It's hard to tell. Mood: low. Slow going. M...

A weekend. Saturday means pancakes, so pancakes it was, a reminder of the time when Saturday was our one unrushed morning of the week. We co...