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A Global Vigil
Last June, horrified by what they were reading in the news, bloggers across the UK came together to highlight the atrocities taking place in Syria. Last September, we united again; shocked that...
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Stories for Our Not So Distant Future
This time six years ago I was not a blogger. I was not a mum. I was not even married. Six years ago, I worked full time for a coalition called Stop Climate Chaos. I would describe it to people as the...
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Live in the Now: March
I know I’m a little bit biased, but I do think that DorkySon is one of the loveliest boys in the world. We walked past a shop window the other day that had a huge Victorian doll’s house on display....
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Tuesday Treats
Hello hello. You remember a few weeks ago I wrote a post sharing some links to other blogs that I liked? Well the idea grew a bit, and it has turned into a ‘thing’. Chris from Thinly Spread, Becky from...
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I Am Not A Poet
I used to collect poems, like some people collect postcards or glass paperweights. I’d keep a notebook, and if I read or heard or found a poem I loved then I’d scribble it down, as though by writing...
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Alternative Government: The Bloggers’ Cabinet
I have been trying for weeks to write a long and serious post about our current Government. Not a morning passes when I don’t turn on the computer, see the latest headlines and literally want to puke...
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Hoo’s Kids Book Fest
I was really pleased to find out that there’s a children’s book festival – Hoo’s Kids Book Fest – taking place next month, just up the road from us. Today’s guest post on the blog is from Guy...
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In the Pink
Every blog needs a little bit of prettiness on it every so often, even this one. Here’s one of the sweet little flowers left over from my Mothers Day bunch. It is DorkySon’s fourth birthday on Sunday,...
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Take Action: Nestle and Danone
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the launch of Save the Children’s campaign on breastfeeding, and their report Superfood for Babies, which details some of the barriers to breastfeeding in the...
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Review: The Cavendish Hotel
Occasionally a review opportunity comes up that is impossible to turn down, and a night in the 4* Cavendish Hotel in London was one of those. The Cavendish has been established as a hotel for well...
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Dear DorkySon…
Dear DorkySon. Now you are four! Didn’t we have a grand old birthday weekend? A night in a lovely hotel on Friday, and a walk round central London on Saturday. We saw the duck boat on its way to the...
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Chalk and Cheese
I’m taking some time offline over the next week or so, but to keep things busy on here I’ve invited some of my favourite blogging friends to write guest posts for me. Today’s is from Anya, who blogs as...
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Just the One
Today’s lovely guest post moved me to tears. It’s by one of my very favourite bloggers, Sarah at Grenglish, whose blog you can find here, and who you can say hello to on Twitter here. *** ‘Just the...
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Things We Love!
It’s time for another one of our wee roundups, talking about some of the things that are making us happy at the moment. Most are these are things I’ve just stumbled on or heard about. There is a...
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The Living Wage
Today’s guest post is from Jax, who blogs at Making It Up and tweets as @liveotherwise. She describes herself as “a home educating mother of four, working from home around the children on wordpress...
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Maternal and Newborn Health is a Feminist Issue
Today’s hugely important guest post is from one of the loveliest bloggers around – Kylie Hodges, who you can find over at Not Even A Bag of Sugar. The Partnership for Maternal, Child and Newborn Health...
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Humility, and other liberations
Today’s super-duper awesome guest post is from an old university friend, Marina. Last time Marina wrote on DorkyMum – a brilliant piece called The Pot Plant Analogy – it turned into one of the most...
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Tuesday Treats
Hello! I’m back online and feeling very refreshed after a couple of weeks with minimal Facebooking, Tweeting, blogging and general web based faffing around! Thank you to all my excellent guest posters...
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Turning 30
I have a birthday later this week. I’ll give you a clue. It’s not 20, and it’s not 40, but it’s the big one in between. To be honest, I’m not really a fan of birthdays. I already eat cake pretty much...
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