Minnie’s Musings
Random ramblings of a middle aged, middle class, middle income woman
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Which is a shame. Not because I particularly agreed with all her ideas. But because she was a truly inspirational figure; a gymnast slip mum who worked and fought hard to get to the very highest offices of the land. What will be shuffled to the bottom of the various columns currently being bashed out…
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Once again you speak with knowledge and wisdom. Or not. The first morning I put my son in a taxi to school he was not even five years old. I was petrified and heartbroken. The nearest appropriate placement was 15 miles away. In the opposite direction to our daughter’s school. Now, you could argue that…
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Trust Fund Baby was a term bandied about for many years to highlight the wealth afforded to the offspring of the fabulously rich who populate gossip columns and Made in Chelsea. However parents of disabled children across the land also take out trust funds. These are not million pound pots but rather safety pots to…
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, again. The Lord giveth us sunshine and warmth. The Lord taketh away, again. And giveth us torrential rain, damp socks and frizzy hair. Am a tad vexed. Why the Lord didn’t giveth torrential rain when my plants were still alive is beyond me. But perhaps he is…
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Having been terrified of dogs as a child (a function of growing up in London and a particularly neglected and fearsome dog at the bottom of the road who cornered me on my way to primary school before a kid from the council flats opposite took my hand and led me away) I have only…
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Geddit?! Pun on Wuthering Heights ??!! Never mind. Isn’t it odd how things change during the course of your life. As a child I was notorious for bouts of crippling vertigo and once got stuck up a castle in France because the steps from the battlements only had a single railing. My mum had to…
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To finish the Algonquin section of our holiday. Having just driven home through the late evening sunshine down winding country lanes with my back turned firmly away from the travesty that is HS2… I mused on our adventure on a random trail just off Highway 60 which goes through this particular provincial park which is…
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The cottage came with two kayaks and a paddle boat as well as a box full of life jackets. There was some debate over using this equipment. I forget what the issue was but it culminated in my rather testy observation that I was the one with the certificate so I could be trusted with…
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So, it helps to remember to set an alarm instead of relying on a third party to realise you are sound asleep at the appointed hour of departure. After a lifetime of getting up, suiting and booting at speed, we were in the car not 20 minutes later. Whisking around the motorway through more scarlet…
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At some point one of the two of us knocked my glasses into the lake where they sunk seemingly without a trace. In my book this was not down to me as I had carefully placed them by the post of the dock where I could find them when I climbed back out. Best Beloved…
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