All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups…
W is for Wishes. Hooray. I was so hoping that one of the Listography challenges over at Kate Takes 5 would dovetail with my April Alphabetical Odyssey, and it has! This week she asks: If you were able to influence the Fairy Godmother, what would you wish for your children? Here’s mine: For today I wish … [Read more…]
D is for desmadre This is a spanish word that I discovered recently that I kind of love and am rather hoping to slip into a conversation sometime soon down in the pueblo. Opportunities may arise over the meat counter or in the post office. Maybe the library? Surely. Desmadre means disaster, chaos, f*ck-up and … [Read more…]
So good at this mother daughter business am I, that I left a panicked and rather garbled message on my mum’s phone wishing her Happy Mother’s Day last Sunday. Yes, I am that good. I then went on to stir up panic in my sister who lives in Germany, and so may also have missed … [Read more…]
As much as it is a joy witnessing your child learning to speak, and it is a joy, it comes at a price. The joy, it seems, is not entirely unmitigated. Joy and yikes! come in almost equal measure in fact. In particular there has been much joy at the occasional use of ‘please’ and ‘yanks’ … [Read more…]
Recently I was very pleased to be asked to write a guest post by the talented Truffle of Cinnamon & Truffle* – the transatlantic food blog of choice at Bibsey Towers – who I would like to thank very much for having me on their blog. If you fancy a tale about food and childhood you can … [Read more…]
