Tag Archives: humour

… and things that go bump…

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Review: Long Leggety Beasties by Alienora Taylor. When I first picked up Long Leggety Beasties I didn’t really know what to expect… school memoirs, I thought, are not really my cup of tea. But I knew Alienora, know her sense … Continue reading →

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Guest Post by Alienora Browning

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Sue Vincent

FROM HELLISH BREAKDOWN TO HILARIOUS BREAKTHROUGH: THE BIRTH OF ‘LONG-LEGGETY BEASTIES’  by Alienora Taylor In November 2003, I had a breakdown – and was off work for six months as a result. I realised then that both teaching and key … Continue reading →

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Small dog… busted!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Dear Kanzen, I found this hidden amongst Ani’s toys… I think it may explain certain anomalies and the whisperings we’ve been hearing ….You may want to have a word with the inscrutable SamCat… Hmm….  

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12 things your grandparents said…

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Sue Vincent

When you are very young, forty seems ancient and grandparents are, of course, so old they are practically another species. Like dinosaurs…almost- but-not-quite extinct and very much at home in museums. Their homes bear the traces of a ‘bygone era’…you … Continue reading →

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It was all going so well too…

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Sue Vincent

My Christmas day had come and gone As good as you could get; I woke to silent darkness, But I wasn’t moving yet! I’d wait till the alarm went off And get a duvet fix, I wasn’t starting Boxing Day … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas from the small dog

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Images via Google search and courtesy of Darcy.

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An earful of toothpaste.

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Sue Vincent

I’ve stuffed my ear with toothpaste. I gave up on other stuff, But a mozzie in the earhole Is the outside of enough. I thought the things had finished, Buggered off to hibernate, But this voracious blighter Seems as if … Continue reading →

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Kindle Countdown – Doomsday: The Aetheling Thing

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Sue Vincent

As we prepare to relese the second book in the Doomsday Series: Dark Sage, a Kindle Countdown price promotion will be running from 17th August to 21st October on Amazon UK and Amazon.com forBook One of the Doomsday Triad: Doomsday: … Continue reading →

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Sweet Briar

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Now you’ve all heard the story about Briar Rose Or you might know her best as Snow White; The beautiful princess who wandered the woods Who they say was all sweetness and light. I have a complaint, she was not … Continue reading →

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Gloop and purple porridge

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“Can we just stand by the door a bit longer?” His voice is pained, almost desperate. My son is obviously in some discomfort. I burst out laughing. “At least when I belch it isn’t going ‘gloop’ now.” This is progress, … Continue reading →

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