A few months ago I asked myself: How did I get to this place where I think that I can do it all? Perhaps this is a question you ask yourself, wondering how you became so overwhelmed and depleted? [...]
Making your own natural cleaning products is an essential piece in the simple home puzzle. Granted, it took me a while to hop on this bandwagon; changing my home habits takes time and energy and [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Poet: scruffy hair is the sign of a good play day. Percy: vegie gardening with Popa – happy times.
My quiet ways of late have nothing to do with writer’s block and everything to do with disappearing time. Recently, there have been so many days where I’ve thrown my hands in the air [...]
A few nights ago I posted this photo of Percy on instagram and added the following caption: “He’s 18months old and I don’t know where that time went. But I do know that I have [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Percy: exploring the garden after school drop-off (and coffee pick-up). I like this time with him. Poet: an [...]
The school note on my fridge tells me that kindergarten orientation starts next week. There are pinafores hanging in the wardrobe and twice-daily conversations about school routines and [...]
A few months ago I brightened up my wintry home with a pink peony that took pride of place on my dining table. Little did I know that it had travelled halfway ’round the world and, along [...]
“A portrait of my youngest children, once a week, every week, in 2016.” Poet: it feels like she’s grown a few inches these past few weeks…on the cusp of the next stage, I [...]
I used to think that book reading and motherhood was a bit of a contradiction. For a good few years there I was convinced that I didn’t have time to read. Or, to be completely honest, I [...]
