It’s time for part five of my series for new bloggers. By now, you should have everything in place and maybe published a couple of posts too. As I mentioned last time, another important consideration is getting to grips with SEO – or search engine optimisation to use its full name. If you’re completely new …
Month: January 2018
January can be a bleak time of year so I think it’s vital to do as much as possible to lift the spirits. The people at Heart clearly agree with this sentiment. Their music provides the feel good soundtrack to your day. The #HeartFeelGoodChallenge is a celebration of the music the popular radio station plays …
Xander loves going to the beach and I have to admit that, although we live near the coast, we don’t go there nearly as much as we ought to. Yesterday we were in Eastbourne so we went straight to it. He legged it down to the edge of the water and was soon uncharacteristically quiet …
If I ever go on Mastermind, there’s an unlikely candidate for my specialist subject. Cats. As well as growing up in a family of ailurophiles – yep, cat lovers – I spent five and a half years working for the UK’s biggest feline welfare charity. Specifically, I wrote and edited copy for a wide range …
As I mentioned recently, bedtimes have become more than a little challenging in our house. We have three wonderful but iron-willed children who are resistant to the idea of settling down for the night. I love music and often have songs stuck in my head inspired by any given situation I find myself in. Here, …
Welcome to part four of my series for new bloggers. So you’ve got everything in place and are ready for what can be the hardest part. Namely writing blog posts. Starting a blog is exciting but putting yourself out there can be a daunting prospect. As a result, you can end up staring at an empty …
Bedtime is a funny old game isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve nailed it, things contrive to leave you wondering what went wrong. And when I say ‘things’, obviously, I mean ‘children’. After seven years of battles with an increasing number of small people in our own image, we foolishly believed we had finally …
I was interested to read about a school banning pupils from dressing up as YouTubers and sports stars for its World of Work Day recently. I wrote about the amount of homework young children get earlier this week and it links to the same theme. Namely that we should let kids be kids. The rationale …
This is part three of my series for new bloggers. So far, I’ve covered what to consider before starting as well as getting everything in place. It’s now time to talk about choosing your design. The appearance of your blog is a very personal choice – it needs to reflect who you are and what your …
I found myself in an unusual situation the other day. I laughed at something on Peppa Pig. The episode, School Project, sees the children set a homework assignment to make castles. Of course, the parents end up doing the majority of the work and looking frazzled by the end. I say I laughed; it was …