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Spice up your February
Jan 30 2023- Madeleine
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Curating your life – continued from my blog series – just to get us through this dismal patch… This is February! I reject the cynics who say that organising fun stuff and posting beautiful photos is ‘Insta-vanity’. Rather it’s an antidote to gloomy thoughts and even depression. It’s our own form of self-medication, a conscious choice to embrace the light. So chocks away and let’s create some more UPlift.
News and views from London’s Toy Fair 2023
Jan 28 2023- Madeleine
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I recently paid a mystery shopper’s type of visit to Toy Fair 2023 at Kensington Olympia. I have a bit of a cynical view of toys; they get given in vast quantities, entertain for half an hour, only to be abandoned in a drawer or cupboard soon after, and end up in charity shops. They are often of doubtful value for encouraging children with learning, creating, socialising or imagining. And the PLASTIC.
Having said that, the Toy Fair did have some good ideas worth mentioning.
Mums, get your colours done and fashion yourself beautiful!
Jan 19 2023- Madeleine
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Sound is my cuppa tea. Tint. Shade. Hue. Nope, not a clue. I was quite contented perceiving the world in secondaries. And it was very obvious in the way I dressed. A lot of monochrome because my son told me to, and it concealed. A Multitude. And unflattering shapes.
Harry Potter for 4-year-olds: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 4
Jan 17 2023- Madeleine
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BOOM! Somebody knocked on the door.
Uncle Vernin came downstairs holding a gun. ‘Who’s there? To come my house, we haven’t invited anyone.’ he shouted. SMASH!! The door fell on the floor. A big man was standing there.
‘Hello Harry, can you make me a cuppa tea?’ Harry just stared and froze.
Harry Potter for 4-year-olds: The Philosopher’s Stone Chapter 3
Jan 15 2023- Madeleine
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At breakfast one day the post came. Harry picked up the letters and he saw a letter with his name on.
‘Mr H Potter, The Cupboard Under the Stairs’
