We are creeping towards the finishing line and we aren’t doing it gracefully. I pulled up to Che’s school gate this morning a good five minutes late, expecting to be the only mum [...]
It was time for a late spring clean. Or perhaps I’ll call it a pre-Christmas purge. Whatever its official name, I took to the wardrobes on the weekend and made space. I usually do this kind [...]
There is only so much lego one can buy. Which leaves books (and a new bookshelf?) and….. If you have an older child I’m sure you can sympathise with my dilemma. We held off on [...]
At last count there were 105, 237 homeless people in Australia. That’s 1 in every 200 Australians. It’s estimated that 44% of our homeless population are women. I discovered this [...]
We’re on the cusp of the giving season where social calendars are heaving and motivation may be dwindling. Am I the only one that finds this time of year a little challenging? The diary is [...]
I spent a whole day in Poet’s Montessori classroom last week; a rare and wonderful opportunity. I was there to take photos but I also had the privilege to quietly observe and listen. It was [...]
We’re heading to the tropics on the weekend and I’m taking all manner of medicinal treatments. Some may consider the size of my medicine kit to be a little on the hypochondriac size [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
