Author: Louise

Northala Fields

I must have driven past them at least a hundred times. Those four big mounds alongside the A40 near the Northolt roundabout. Watching the people walking up them whilst I was stuck in a traffic jam, vaguely thinking that they looked like an interesting place for a walk. Despite living only a couple of miles… Read More

Post-election blues

The election is over, the votes have been counted and we have a new Conservative government. I will freely admit that this wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for and I am feeling somewhat despondent today. And like thousands of other people, I expressed that disappointment on social media. It wasn’t the comments and status… Read More

Friday Fabulous Five #34

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me laugh, made me cry or made me think. Here are this week’s Friday Fabulous Five:   I could definitely identify with this list from Big… Read More

The Friday Focus 08/05/15

With yesterday’s general election and the opening of nominations for the MAD awards, this week feels like it has been all about voting. As you read this, the votes in the general election will have been counted and the results will be being declared. The future of the NHS has been a key issue for… Read More

Not just a mummy

“I’m just a mummy”. Four words that can slip all too easily off the tongue. Four slightly apologetic words. Four words that diminish that all-important role of raising your child. Why is it that being a mummy is so often seen as such a negative thing? Being tutted at as you try to manoeuvre a… Read More