14 Jul On Failure
There’s this thing that a lot of people do where they talk only about the good times. It’s not everyone – I definitely know people who focus on the negatives and make you worry that their world is falling apart when it...
03 Dec Thirteen Things my Five-Year-Old Really Should have Thought Through
I'm told that children have to learn a certain amount by experience, and that you can't tell them everything. Somehow this is part of the learning experience, and is healthy and good. I find myself doubting this when I see my small boy...
19 Nov Naptime
A poem to celebrate 1000 page likes and 750,000 reads on The Cupid Touch. Naptime For five years every bedtime Has been a battle-ground - What once were cries now pleading, And pyjamas thrown around....
08 Jan How I Made One Boy Behave Him-Elf this Christmas…
Since I'm reading at a fabulous monster-themed event this week in Cambrige, I thought I'd get into the right frame of mind (and hopefully get some readers into the right one, too ;-) So I'm posting a short story called Muckilly Gog. It's...