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Posted on July 4, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 48 hours being super anxious about lockdown easing. Relaxing the lockdown restrictions is great for those businesses that need to get going again and people’s livelihoods, and more importantly people’s mental health which will be… Continue Reading “Super Saturday”
Category: childhood, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, flowers, fruit, health, kids, lockdown, lockdown easing, mental health, nature, nature photography, outdoors, parenting, photography, quarantine, super Saturday, writing
Posted on April 30, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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It almost seems Pathetic To complain When we have a roof A house Money coming in- less, mind So much less And no help from on high Thanks to creeping criteria And tape not so much red As blue-blood coloured Fuck the Tories Fuck… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 21: Lockdown Blues”
Category: health, mental health, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, crisis schooling, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, home education, lockdown, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, quarantine, school, self-isolation, social distancing
Posted on April 30, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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Is it animal, vegetable, or mineral? We’re playing twenty questions And the boy can’t quite figure out If glass is one of the three Or none One or none Or some of all It’s mineral I say, without thinking But then I do think… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 18: Glass”
Category: childhood, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: games at home, glass, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, kids, lockdown games, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, national poetry month, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poetry month, poets, sand, twenty questions
Posted on April 11, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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He came down the stairs In jeans and a smart t-shirt I’d almost forgotten What outdoor clothes looked like Didn’t we live in Comfies now? Loungewear and PJs? “Date night!” he exclaims! And I clap in delight. Such a thing, to be treated like… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 6: Date Night”
Category: childhood, health, mental health, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: babies, Coronavirus, date night, datenight, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, isolation, kids, lockdown, marriage, married life, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, self-isolation, toddlers
Posted on March 30, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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Today wasn’t quite as I expected it to be. I thought we’d all get up early, get breakfast, burn some calories with Joe Wicks then settle down to some Purple Mash or fractions and be done by early afternoon. Instead, everyone slept in. However,… Continue Reading “Home Schooling Hope”
Category: childhood, education, parenting, society, UncategorizedTags: children, Coronavirus, covid-19, education, fractions, home education, home schooling, kids, lockdown, music, parenting, purple mash, self-isolation, social distancing
Posted on February 8, 2020
by Mabh Savage
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I sometimes feel In the singular Even in my own home Flicking switches Tightening taps Rinsing our eggshells Crushing them Like brittle dreams But over time My way is becoming The way Save the jars Scrub and recycle the plastic Make towers of tubs… Continue Reading “Keep Turning the Lights Off”
Category: environment, Nature, observation, parenting, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: America, Australia, energy saving, environment, environmentalism, family, green, green activism, green living, Greta Thunberg, planet, Portugal, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, save energy, save the planet, wildfires
Posted on September 2, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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I’ve spent the summer holidays in a bit of a daze. We had an amazing honeymoon in Rhodes, and, quite frankly, didn’t really want to come back. The sting of returning to a seemingly increasingly miserable country was somewhat assuaged by getting to spend… Continue Reading “Back to School”
Category: childhood, mental health, parentingTags: anxiety, autumn, back to school, childhood, children, Depression, fall, family, kids, mental health, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, Motivation, pagan, school, September, term time, writing
Posted on August 16, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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Things that made me happy this week so far (my attempt at telling depression to bugger right off). CHaOS science day at Oakwell Hall. Lots of experiments for the kids to try out. Baby ran amok across the grounds and we saw newts, rats,… Continue Reading “Friday Feeling”
Category: childhood, education, health, mental health, Nature, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, babies, Breeze, chaos, children, Depression, family, Farsley, Friday, Friday Feeling, Friday motivation, health, holistic health, holistic therapy, kids, massage, mental health, nature, Oakwell Hall, outdoors, science, science for kids, toddlers, weather, wind, writing, yorkshire
Posted on April 30, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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Don’t be late Tie your shoes Shut the gate Please don’t lose Keys again It’s the end Help your mum Help your friend Shut your mouth Now speak up Louder please Fill your cup Homework done? Pens in pot Eat that dinner While it’s… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 21: Angry”
Category: childhood, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: childhood, GloPoWriMo 2019, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, rhyme, writing
Posted on April 29, 2019
by Mabh Savage
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I never realised How other people see you So kind So warm So thoughtful I need to slip Behind their eyes And look at you Afresh.
Category: parenting, poetry, writingTags: childhood, children, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, monday, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
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