It’s late, late, late and I’m lying on the sofa with just the lights of the Christmas tree and the glow of my phone keeping me awake. Along with the patio doors, our internet and the toaster, my lapto...
“Tree tops glisten and children listen….” Well I beg to differ.
There’s a big shiny star at the top of my tree, but my kids aren’t listening to anything.
They are in a pre-Christmas frenzy: making l...
Supergranny and PopPop have landed, so the Christmas countdown has officially begun. Poor things, though, have arrived just in time to take over at the infirmary.
We have two kids with raging fevers ...
So Christmas is officially on its way and this is my very favourite month of the year. I love everything about it — lights, panto, Michael Buble in the car, mulled wine, the ridiculous over-the-top ex...
So the big 4-0 has come and gone and I survived with my dignity and liver intact.
No cartwheels along Front Street at 2am and no huge hangover. I was a little fuzzy for Beat the Couch training the mo...
Things aren’t always perfect at Natural HQ and this morning was no exception.
For breakfast I’ve eaten a handful of chocolate chips, a granola bar from 2016 and some stale Brazil nuts — basically eve...
Over the past few weeks I’ve been learning to ride a scooter and I feel as if my heart is permanently in my mouth. I’m on a tiny silver rental which weighs about 1lb and blows around the road a little...
A few weeks ago, I was searching online for an image of a grass-fed beef brand to send to a client. I typed in “Naked Beef” (because that’s honestly what it’s called) and, well, you can imagine what h...
A few weeks ago, I came downstairs in the morning to find a trail of icing sugar between the kitchen and the living room. Negligent in my parenting, I’d had a lie-in and almost slept while I could hea...
I had a great idea for how to start this column halfway through teaching a class yesterday, and now ... nothing. Can’t remember! So annoying as I remember thinking it was funny too.
It as probably so...
