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UNDERCOVER MOTHER

UNDERCOVER MOTHER

My love affair with Gin is nearly as long as my love affair with my husband, and began (and nearly ended) at my 18th birthday party in March 1994. Raised in the Midlands on a weekend TV cocktail of James Bond movies (Saturday nights) and Formula One racing (Sunday afternoons), when I reached the grand old age…

Blinking Twice…

Blinking Twice…

Sleep deprivation can do many things to a person.  Anxiety, mood swings, sometimes hallucinations….but it can’t put toads in potties.   In the quiet hours of Saturday evening, after two little boys lay slumbering peacefully in the wilting Summer sunshine, and two furry Siberians had sought out the coolest spots to rest, a visitor unknowingly…