Father’s Day is a day to celebrate all things ‘Dad’! Yes… even his dad jokes… So what better way to help him celebrate his special day this year, than with 45 of the BEST Dad Jokes out there… @DadJokeMan If you follow Tickled Moon’s Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages you’ll see that we LOVE a […]
(For Preserving Peace) Peace. (Deep breath) It’s something we all strive for and yet it can be somewhat illusive. Our days are filled with Things to Do, keeping busy and constant distractions, not to mention getting caught up in all the challenges the world faces today. However, it’s never very far away. A pocketful of […]
(Or the “Glorious Gifts of Being a Grandparent” – Part 2) From all the lovely emails we get and comments that we receive on our Tickled Moon Facebook page, we know how much your grandchildren mean to you. It is a very special and unique relationship and there is a never ending river of love that […]
(For Pondering Passwords) Yes, here we are again, with a fresh batch of my very own brand of Peachy Poetry – a quirky collection of my short poems – this time celebrating the art of Pondering and the joy of Passwords. Ok I admit it, there is no joy in pondering passwords. In fact they […]
Which is your favourite? “There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy, or more exasperated, or more secure.” – Jim Butcher Family. You gotta love em, even if they sometimes drive you crazy. Because through thick or thin, highs and lows, they are always there, journeying through life with you. And […]
(A heartwarming look at what it’s really like😊) “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” — Alex Haley Grandparents are so precious. I have such fond childhood memories of my own grandparents – particularly belly laughing with my grandma and admiring the […]
…And the Perils of Pandemic Parenting What a bizarre and unsettled world we’re living in right now. Lockdown life has been thrown upon us, ensuring that we’ve all had to become rapid experts at things like Zoom, washing hands and sourcing toilet paper. And of course, pandemic parenting. Having to spend 24/7 with your children, […]
(For Perfecting Playfulness) Yes it’s back! By popular demand (thanks mum…), MORE Peachy Poetry, this time for Perfecting Playfulness! (And if you’re thinking What Is Peachy Poetry? – then check out Part One for a full explanation of the genre and numerous early examples.) But first, how do you define playfulness? And perfect it?? People […]
(with a bit of help from the Queen, the Grinch and Joan Rivers…) “At this time of the year, our thoughts turn towards…” …well our dear old Queen, in her yearly Christmas Day speech, would have us thinking it’s the Commonwealth. However (correct me if I’m wrong) I’m not sure that that’s the first thing […]
When my youngest boy Charlie was 5, he came home from school to tell us that the teacher had shut him in a dark cupboard to ‘learn about death’. 😲😲😲 Anyway, after some ‘gentle extraction’, we finally worked out that they had been learning about being ‘deaf’ and ‘blind’ and that the whole class had […]