“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2012.” Che: Ice-cream in China (he always forgets to say China-town, hence most people think we’ve been to China [...]
The guys from A Common Ground know how to create an unforgettable event (even if they confess to being pretty bad at organising anything). Under the apple trees at Fat Pig Farm we snacked on [...]
Before I met Michelle I felt like I knew her. Such is the experience when blogger meets blogger. Michelle and I, we’ve been reading about each other’s lives for years now, commenting [...]
We are home – exhausted and inspired. When we bundled into the house late yesterday with our suitcases, stories and jars of homemade jam, we agreed that someday soon we would return to [...]
I’ll be visiting the very talented Miss Haidee in her studio when I’m in Tasmania. She lives in a place called Peppermint Bay (of course she does!) and there she crafts signature [...]
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2012.” I’m enjoying the way that these portraits are, rather unintentionally, working as diptychs. Che: Late afternoon in [...]
Lover of Vintage gifted me a sunshine award. Thank you! Nothing like a bit of light to lift the day. There’s some questions involved, so here are my answers: Favourite colour? Hmmm, it [...]
I clearly remember the days that I spent reading The Divided Heart for the first time. Che had a serious fever so I lay with him in bed, breastfeeding on demand, flicking through the pages of [...]
Packing for a family trip requires a certain amount of methodology. I don’t have a methodical bone in my body. The mere thought of packing a weeks worth of clothes for Che, Poet and I has [...]
My post on The Face of Birth received a range of comments – some embracing the film and my discussion, other dismissing it and accusing me of judgement. I’ve thought long and hard [...]
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2012.” Che: “Look mum, a naked horse!” (ie. a horse without a saddle). First time horse-riding. Poet: In a vintage [...]
On Wednesday night I had the privilege of seeing the new Australian documentary The Face of Birth. I was in a cinema full of midwives, mothers and pregnant women. We were all eagerly anticipating [...]
