November
autumn leaves


Conversations in Time
Mole’s perception of time is a constant source of fascination for me. To say “five minutes” or “two months” or “three years” is...


The Nativity Play
Well, it’s a few more weeks until bambino #3 makes an appearance, and with my sudden surge of energy over the past few days, I’m taking...


Boys and Girls
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, right?. It reminds me of that Blur song: “Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who...


Poor, boring and happy
Am I alone in thinking that having babies spells financial suicide? It’s not the extra clothes / food / toys / tickets for them so much...


A typical Monday
Lately, I seem to be winging my home days with Mole and Hedgehog in an aimless and haphazard way, compared with my carefully thought out...


The day trip that went awry
Today I would like to share a particularly futile journey I made last year. A journey made in an attempt to keep myself sane and...


material baby
When I found out that I was expecting Mole, apart from the inner excitement and dawning realisation of the responsibility that lay ahead,...





