If you’re not a blogger you may be interested to know that I can see exactly what search terms direct readers to my blog. Lately there has been a distinct theme: fear of the third child. [...]
winter sun through the kitchen window / beeswax candle, fressia buds, buddha, hand wash and wooden dish brush I realise that to some a wooden dish brush versus a plastic one is a very trivial [...]
photos taken by Lou on our recent trip to Melbourne Tomorrow Daniel and I celebrate eight years together. Regardless of our trials we’ve always had a lot of love and respect for each [...]
“A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2014.” Poet: she’s always pottering about, busy doing something or other, but today I caught her lying on the table, [...]
It has been unseasonably warm this week; I’ve been wearing summer dresses and sandals and lifting my face to the sun. Despite a busy work schedule and four days of solo parenting I’ve [...]
I wrote a to-do list last night that was so long and overwhelming that I promptly threw it in the bin. I’m not sure if I’d file that technique under stupidity or simplicity but either [...]
A little while ago I received an email from the team at Blurb asking if I would like to turn my blog into a book. They were working with 10 international bloggers and were keen to have an [...]
photos taken on our long weekend in Melbourne where the coffee was plentiful and the conversations uninterrupted Before I became a mother I was given some advice that I’ve only recently [...]
“A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2014.” Poet: she leads the way while we walk; stopping to climb fences, pick flowers, kick leaves. I love this time of day [...]
spontaneous beach days will have to wait for the weekends I would like to tell you that our first morning back at school was smooth, calm and hurried-free. But that would be a lie. This morning [...]
my friend Claudia’s beautifully curated kitchen shelves I went to a yoga class last night; left Daniel with the kids and a big pot of spaghetti bolognese and made my way to the studio [...]
I procrastinated for a good year but finally bought a dress from ace & jig; it’s made from the most beautiful cotton I have ever touched / Poet sucking salt water from her hands I [...]
