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Drowning not waving, the lighter side of family life

9:22am Thursday 7th July 2011

Six of us are sitting round a table at an annual charity quiz. This local charity is an admirable one and, obviously we all applaud the good work it does but, once we’ve got the raffle tickets over with, things start to shake down a bit.

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Sue Pycroft

8:27am Thursday 30th June 2011

There are some real advantages in having young children to take away on holiday with you – priority boarding on the plane, an excuse to go on waterslides, being allowed to squeal out loud with delight when you spot a crab – but travelling a deux without juvenile accessories does have its upsides, too.

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Drowning not waving, the lighter side of family life

8:45am Thursday 16th June 2011

I’m on a three-day course on writing short stories in London.

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Drowning not waving, the lighter side of family life

12:12pm Thursday 2nd June 2011

I'm sitting in my garden on a sunny bank holiday, drinking a cup of nice strong coffee and talking to a friend on my mobile phone.

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Drowning not waving - The lighter side of family life

1:34pm Thursday 26th May 2011

I’m not brilliant at remembering what temperature different things should be, which is why, if my husband takes a thermometer out of his mouth, shivers violently, wipes the sweat from his brow and says “aaah… 40.3 ….” he might as well be reciting limericks in Urdu for all the sense it makes to me.

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Drowning not waving - the lighter side of family life

1:30pm Thursday 19th May 2011

I’m just six weeks away from a brief holiday in warmer climes, and the cushion – nay, small armchair – of fat around my midriff shows no signs of melting in the spring weather.

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Drowning not waving - the lighter side of family life

1:47pm Thursday 12th May 2011

Doesn’t time fly when you’re enjoying yourself? I think, when I hear that our coalition government is already one year old.

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Drowning not waving - the lighter side of family life

11:39am Thursday 5th May 2011

“If you pass me the bin bags,” says my husband leaning in at the back door, “I’ll do your bins for you.”

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Drowning not waving - the lighter side of family life

12:11pm Thursday 28th April 2011

I’m sitting in a bar in a small town in Romania with a handful of journalists who have come to report on an emerging tourist destination.

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Drowning not waving - the lighter side of family life

9:22am Thursday 14th April 2011

I’m on a short business trip to Germany with a bunch of strangers, and we’re between flights, sitting in an executive lounge in Munich airport, courtesy of our hosts.

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