Goodbye EleAid – our Asian elephant charity

Today’s a bit of a sad day. It’s the day Chas and I have decided we were going to close the Asian elephant charity we’ve been running since 2003, EleAid. Thank you! Firstly, thanks to everyone who’s supported us on this journey. It’s really been amazing! It’s been a...

Homeschool – Locked in and locked down

So… here we are, Day 6873(!?!?!) of homeschool lockdown and all is as expected at Begley primary. Just not that organised! It’s taking every ounce of my strength to even vaguely follow the timetable the kids have for homeschool and anything on top of that generally...

Covid-19: Stay the f*ck at home

My mum’s just texted my sister and I. One of her friends’ daughters has just died from Covid-19. The text ended: …don’t get complacent. I love you both so much. This brought the seriousness of the situation home once more. I’m not being complacent, far from it, but...