I don’t want it to sound like we kept Alfie locked in a cupboard for the first five years of his life but he’d actually never had an encounter with what he called ‘The Black People’. And for some reason he had a terrific fear of ‘The Black People’ and this was despite my best […]
Archives for May 2012
Rugby, Piano Bars and Short Ribs
May 19, 2012 By 37 Comments
It’s Saturday and that means running around after the children. This morning we took Alfie to his rugby game and watched him be defeated again. That’s seven losses and no wins this season and the margin of defeat seems to be widening. We parents stand on the side-line hoping to be put out of our […]
Nudity Has Its Advantages
May 17, 2012 By 45 Comments
When Archie was at boarding school he didn’t always obey the rules and in fact, the school’s sergeant once told me, ‘You have the nicest son, but you know what? He has the thickest file of detentions I’ve ever seen’. One of the things Archie didn’t like doing was attending, (especially by the time he […]
Tomato and Basil Pasta and…The Break-Up
May 16, 2012 By 46 Comments
I always said that when it happens, I would like to be on the other side of the world. But I wasn’t. I wasn’t even around the corner. I was here with Arabella as her world fell apart. It’s over with the boyfriend, the one who’s been visiting us since she was 11. Now there […]
The Fourth Village
May 15, 2012 By 63 Comments
I’d been looking forward to today since the lunch was organised a few weeks ago. Today I finally had the opportunity to meet for the first time, Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. The blogging world has ‘connected’ us and we arranged to physically meet for lunch at The Fourth Village in Mosman. The […]
A Wrap-Up on Mother’s Day
May 14, 2012 By 43 Comments
I had the best Mother’s Day. It started on Saturday night when we went to see Prince in concert. I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy it as I like some of his music but it’s not the sort of music I listen to regularly. But he gets an 11 out of ten for […]
A Few Things…
May 12, 2012 By 36 Comments
Firstly… A special thanks to everyone who entered the Super Food Ideas giveaway. The winner is Hannah from Wayfaring Chocolate. Congratulations Hannah. Your prize is making its way out to you. Secondly… For a number of reasons I have had to instal the Disqus commenting system on my blog. I’m having a few teething issues […]
Sausage and Mushroom Pasta and…The Long Way There
May 11, 2012 By 43 Comments
I walk my seven-year old son to school. It’s a 10-minute walk therefore, according to logic and reason, if we leave the house 10 minutes before the bell rings, Alfie will be at school on time. But thinking logically is not always sensible. Alfie is always late. And it’s not because we cut it too […]
In My Kitchen
May 10, 2012 By 40 Comments
Since joining the blog world I’ve really enjoyed the series created by Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial named ‘In My Kitchen’, and have loved having a snippet into other food blogger’s homes and catching a glimpse of where they cook. I was going to try and out do Celia by calling my post, […]
Hazelnut Torte and…Birthday Party Etiquette
May 9, 2012 By 47 Comments
I have a friend, Melissa, and she was telling me about how her daughter Chloe (aged seven) was invited to a birthday party by a girl in her daughter’s class. Nothing unusual about that of course. But the mother of the birthday girl lives a busy life. Not because she’s raising four small children and […]
Follow Me!