Steph sent us a care package to encourage quiet creativity – Poet was happy for a good few hours / grass, hair, bow and Peppa After reaching out to my village (you included) I realised: [...]
out of focus children in mama and popa’s garden (notice the crimson light flare – fascinating) We’ve been spending a few evenings there every week and it makes such a [...]
I turn 30 in early-April and it’s affecting me more than I expected. I distinctly remember watching Daniel at this stage five years ago; all of a sudden he wanted to change careers, support [...]
Che’s first year of school was also my hardest year of motherhood to date. I don’t say that to scare you, merely to be honest about how significant the change was for me. If you are [...]
“…that the effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. And that it is our constant efforts to eliminate the negative – insecurity, [...]
A simple truth: in nature you find clarity and solace and, if you wait long enough, a definite sense of calm. When home gets too stuffy and the mess is overwhelming I get in the car and go. We [...]
taken on the last day of 2013, an early morning portrait of Poet In 2013 I was asked to write a piece on motherhood for Papier Mache magazine and I chose to tell the story of 52. This is what the [...]
Every Wednesday night I go to a yoga class – it’s my mid-week reprieve, an opportunity to find space, rediscover patience and gain perspective. To begin my practice I lay with my legs [...]
theresa and mason (such a beautiful, wise little face) – early mornings at the beach Thank you for your (often brutal) honesty on my “third baby” post last week. It was [...]
a refreshing sea palette; just what I need right now I’ve been talking about working from home a lot lately. People seem interested to know what it’s like and I admit, most presume [...]
For the past few months Poet has asked me, almost every day, if there’s a baby in my belly*. I always reply: “Not just yet…” You see, I have a lot of fear surrounding the [...]
