The quest for calm.

With a nocturnal 7 year old and a naughty cat, the quest for calm is very real.

Manic mornings. Perfect porridge.

Mornings are a bit wild here. This is my favourite breakfast recipe, bar none – healthy, filling and super-tasty.

The perils of cat ownership.

The house is alarmingly quiet this morning with the little badgers being ‘on holiday’ at Nanny and Papa’s for a full weekend; in part to accommodate our party-going tonight and in part because it’s so much more fun being spoiled rotten there, than being harried by a tiresome mother at home. It has been rather…