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A Letter to My Daughter on her 9th Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My Love, How you've grown this last year. Even physically, which is a rarity. It's been an interesting year. The...
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Oct 29, 20192 min read
A Letter to my Son on his 10th Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My son turned ten last Saturday but, seeing as it was half-term and a dear friend hauled my kids and me to the...
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Jun 11, 20192 min read
A Letter to my Daughter on Her 8th Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My Love, How you've grown this last year. You kept dancing and even increased the number of hours. We noticed,...
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Oct 30, 20182 min read
A Letter to my Son on his 9th Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. I really did start this one on the actual birthday. But then it was half term... anyway, here we are. My Lovely,...
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Oct 9, 20182 min read
On Science And Early Birthdays
Read this on galpod.com. My son, like his parents, is a geek. And as such, he could think of nothing more exciting for his 9th birthday...
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Sep 6, 20183 min read
On Kids and Clubs
Read this on galpod.com. It’s the beginning of the school year, and that means clubs. School is easy; you get the kids into uniform and...
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Jun 16, 20183 min read
Camping Trip
Read this on galpod.com. “Isn’t this nice?” asked Chris. Kayla looked at him, disgust etched on every feature. “Look at the stars,” Chris...
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Jun 12, 20183 min read
Ten Ways Writing a PhD or Book is NOT Like Having a Child
Read this on galpod.com. It pisses me off when people tell me that writing a book (or a PhD thesis) is JUST like having a child. I'm not...
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Jun 11, 20183 min read
A Letter to My Daughter on her Seventh Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. Yesterday I didn't post. I could find excuses and say it's because we had a full day making cupcakes to bring to...
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Jun 9, 20182 min read
Marla and the Box
Read this on galpod.com. I was at a writing festival all day, organised by CityLit's Creative Writing department. It was amazing, but I...
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