loonybin

The Fun. The Games. The pure joy of having an albeit temporary, live-in granny. School starts again in the morning, but S...

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Here they are then: brothers who play and share stuff. Miraculous. As I write, my mother is on a plane, en route to Johannesburg....

Son#1's friend came for a sleep-over. They stayed awake until 1 a.m. and, inadvertently, so did I. Now Son#1, #2 and said friend have ...

It's quiet. The boys play in their respective rooms - not under duress, but because they like it. Except for Son#3, colouring a box wh...

It rains a lot, which doesn't boost morale if one is in need of a boost. The poor husband has returned to work - already stressed again...

It's my 41st birthday (gulp). I got to sleep late, got drawings from the boys and flowers from the garden. This afternoon the five of...

We stayed up late to see the lights on Chartres' cathedral last night, and all of us feel the indulgence of that act this morning. ...

The hotel in Chartres. Our suite's foyer (ahem). The boys, calm and collected. Satan, who finally fell asleep before ...

F for Fancy. We are sleeping in a Fancy hotel. It's a suite. Our suite has a foyer. There are bathrobes and L'Occitane bat...