Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Silent Sunday

  • Is it a slippery slope?

    I panicked! When I was a teenager we used to take the piss out of my step father incessantly as he progressively held his newspaper farther and farther away so he could read it.  We used to joke that he needed Go Go Gadget Mechanical Arms. This has come back to bite me in the…

  • Little Girl Who Lost her Name

    I was really hoping to write this post last week, as it was National Book Day but time got away on me and we read the most delightful book, the Little Girl Who Lost her Name by David Cadji Newby. It all starts with a little girl who wakes up in the morning to find…

  • Meal Planning Monday: Irish Stew, Steak and a few others

    Who said it was spring!  Our poor daffodils that came up on the weekend have gone into shock.  I just went to Morrison’s for my weekly shop and was hit by a freak blizzard! Anyhow, other than the weather it’s a pretty normal week around here.  Now that hubby is working from home I’m putting…

  • Introducing My New Slow Cooker Blog

    I finally decided to take the plunge and start a new blog just for my slow cooker recipes. I was very conscious that I may be confusing my readers. Those who subscribed just for recipes may not be interested in my parenting antics and those who were coming to laugh at my parenting ability (or…

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