I’ve just finished reading Rob Bell’s new(ish) book Love Wins. I found it an interesting and thought provoking read, but I believe for many it will be discarded (or possibly burned) because of issues with cognitive dissonance. OK, if you’re still with me, haven’t set fire to your computer at the very mention of Rob [Continue]

When I was pregnant with Rebekah 15 years or so ago I read “normal” parenting books.  I hadn’t heard of attachment parenting, unschooling,  babywearing or any other yoghurt-knitting styles.  These are now things which even if I don’t/didn’t do I am aware of and accepting of. So I read mainstream baby books and [Continue]

I had a friend round to help with some plumbing recently and managed to get drawn into his latest scheme.  It’s a good one though, because it involves action to help save our libraries.  If you have missed all the local and national media coverage of Island library closures, the Isle of Wight Council are threatening to [Continue]

It’s all go in the Medina estuary and Solent this evening.  The coastguard helicopter has been flying low over the Medina, clearly searching.  The County Press has just reported that someone has gone overboard the Red Funnel Ferry. It has to be said that it’s pretty hard to accidentally fall over the side of a [Continue]

On our recent holiday to the Broads we arrived at the boatyard two hours early, so thought we would pootle off somewhere for a couple of hours, have some lunch and then return.  We ended up at the Hickling Broad Nature reserve where we bought some books but decided against going in as it was [Continue]

Thought I would join the realms of muttering. Is it just me who didn’t know there was anything wrong with cycling along a cycle path? Last week as my sister and I were cycling from Newport to Cowes we could see in the distance three people and a dog blocking the entire width of the [Continue]

Well so much for the idea that the new legislation that comedy duo Balls and Badman want to introduce will only be good for home educators, it has done much harm even while it is only proposed legislation, not least in the amount of time it means that we home educated parents have wasted on [Continue]

Right,  so last night something happened that made me so cross I’ve ventured into Martin’s Muttering territory for the first time.  I’m not even sure I’m actually allowed to be here rather than the fluffy bunny areas of the site! Last night Rebekah and three of her friends (aged 12-14) were waiting at the bus stop in [Continue]

I’ve just heard the latest on Kerry Robertson and the thought of social services virtually wrenching her baby from it’s mothers breast leads me feeling numb.  I’m not one for trial by newspaper, especially where the Daily Mail is concerned, but Fife council’s behaviour has all the hallmarks of our [Continue]

Who’s that trip-trapping over my toll motorway?  A people carrier?  Yum, extra money from them. The delightful people at Midland Expressway Limited have come up with an ingenious pricing system.  I looked up their prices online and decided that while they were rather high at £4.70 for a car decided I would stomach the cost [Continue]