In the past I have been very bad at giving Valentine’s Day gifts to H, which is a great shame because he is far more romantic than I am...

Here instead is a list, which will show you how deeply embedded in my life is the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen Song...

I settled on going as a snake charmer. I do know that’s not an actual carnival or circus thing. I didn’t dress as an Indian sitting on a...

It took half an hour to even upload this far-too-small image, due to iPhoto (or iFighto as my Dad has long called it) deciding that...

Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...

Remember when I used to write things on this blog? Those were the days, eh? Well, those days might be returning. Things are finally,...

Because I want this to remain a mummy blog, and not morph into a beauty blog, I shall refrain from giving you the contact details of the...

Our little boy was born ten days ago. Sorry it’s taken me so long to put him down and write a post to announce it. But if you smelled his...

In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...

But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...

To celebrate my first ever blog post written on an iPhone in the bath, here’s a picture of May Blossom cuddling Gusto, who is wearing May...

This pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...

Things aren’t going exactly according to plan on our holiday. No sooner had we arrived and unpacked our Tetris-style car that took us a...

My little family is about to take a little break. Not from each other, but from the city and work, from battling for parking and crowded...

May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...

H’s beloved dad died on Saturday. It was expected, and a relief in that he was released from his suffering after a year of illness. It is...

The reason for the subterfuge is that since blackberries are a terrible pest in these parts, and you are supposed to keep them away by...

All I wanted for Christmas this year was the chance to watch my grandmother gaze at May Blossom. I got it. This picture was taken by H...

I learned of Flora’s (a pseudonym) birth by a text message with a picture an hour after her birth, which was unexpectedly...

H’s grandfather, whom I’ll call G here, was a towering fellow, both in stature and personality, but he was also kind, handsome, and a...