Rebecca E Brown

Rebecca E Brown

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Me, my life, and my family

Making memories

March 23, 2021

Call it middle age, perhaps, or a consequence of lockdown screwing with my head as it does with everyone in different ways, but I have

Changes

March 2, 2021

Almost eleven years ago I wrote a post called “Letter to my children”. My daughter was a month old and my son three years old,

Recontextualising Hamilton: a literary linguistic perspective

November 10, 2020

Unless you’ve been under a rock lately, or you’re Donald Trump, you are already aware that Joe Biden has won the 2020 US Presidential Election,

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Morning out at Rainton Meadows

Morning out at Rainton Meadows

Idyllic Joe's Pond at Rainton Meadows

Idyllic Joe's Pond at Rainton Meadows

Sunset in the North Pennines

Sunset in the North Pennines

Durham Dales as the sun is setting. A bright, cold

Durham Dales as the sun is setting. A bright, cold evening in April.

Birthday cake for my gorgeous, big, 11yo!

Birthday cake for my gorgeous, big, 11yo!

Walking mum's dog, Pi, after dad had a nasty fall.

Walking mum's dog, Pi, after dad had a nasty fall.

"Mmm, this human looks like lunch"

What the... 24 hours ago we were sat out there hav

What the... 24 hours ago we were sat out there having breakfast! In short sleeves!

Went and visited big brother yesterday to give him

Went and visited big brother yesterday to give him Easter eggs and found him soaking up some sunshine. Totally relaxed 😎

Happy Easter from sunny Sacriston! 😎

Happy Easter from sunny Sacriston! 😎

It's DEFINITELY spring - even if only for today (*

It's DEFINITELY spring - even if only for today (*closes ears to any suggestion of snow over the weekend*).
We have had our first lunch-in-the-garden of the year and it was GLORIOUS.

We've lately begin drinking filter coffee with fre

We've lately begin drinking filter coffee with freshly ground beans, and it's turned the whole thing into a bit of a ritual. It's almost as soothing as the drink itself.

Long morning walk around Lumley Castle grounds tod

Long morning walk around Lumley Castle grounds today. Paying for it now but codeine is my friend!

Me and my babies, Mother's Day 2021

Me and my babies, Mother's Day 2021

Me? Spill water all over the kitchen floor? Wey no

Me? Spill water all over the kitchen floor? Wey no, pet, I'm just... Practicing ice-skating??

Happy birthday to my grandma, 97 today! And probab

Happy birthday to my grandma, 97 today! And probably healthier than most of my family 😂

TexMex casserole. Blooming lovely with guacamole a

TexMex casserole. Blooming lovely with guacamole and sour cream

Lockdown is... Wearing your posh earrings for a ca

Lockdown is... Wearing your posh earrings for a casual day cooking Sunday dinner, just because you haven't been anywhere nice to wear them for a year.

Is Spring on the way? I'd say so! 😎

Is Spring on the way? I'd say so! 😎

Siblings snuggling 🥰

Siblings snuggling 🥰

And there we go, vaccine#1 done. Hilariously, we

And there we go, vaccine#1 done.

Hilariously, we were listening to Hamilton in the car on the way and at the exact moment we pulled up at the clinic Lin Manuel Miranda goes "I am not throwing away my shot" 🤣

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