The news is nauseating and terrifying, every single day. I'm even more exhausted than usual. But at least the world being on fire gives me extra motivation to fix my Twitter habits. (I haven't quite figured out how, yet, but it clearly needs to happen.) The #52recipes challenge has had me thinking about how I'd probably be… Continue reading Sick and tired: 5 things 30.1.2017
Tag: motherhood
Growing up, both me and my boy: 5 things 9.1.2017
1. Last Tuesday we had our first proper snow of the winter. I brought my kids over to the neighbour's for a playdate, and then – completely unplanned, and very uncharacteristically – took a walk. I wanted to see how the lake (which has been freezing over most beautifully) was looking under snow. I wanted to… Continue reading Growing up, both me and my boy: 5 things 9.1.2017
Mothers don’t get holidays: 5 things 17.10.2016
1. We're one week into yet another school holiday. (Autumn term is terrifyingly short, just seven weeks – I hadn't even slightly recovered from the summer holiday yet!) Thanks to a calendar fail, Armin had a week off work at the same time as Elf had a week-long craft "camp". Which made for a rather… Continue reading Mothers don’t get holidays: 5 things 17.10.2016
Chewing the fat with my 6-year-old
"Were you born fat?" she asks me.No, I wasn't. I remember always having a smidge more puppy fat than my sister, but I wasn't a fat child.Gleefully: "Then you don't move enough!"That's true. Also true that I eat too much chocolate. I'm fine with this conversation, as long as she understands that it's not okay to… Continue reading Chewing the fat with my 6-year-old
Being boring
"So what do you do all day?"There are a lot of reasons to hate this question (which, actually, I hardly ever get in so many words – but which I often feel in the air, from people who are not stay-at-home parents). My biggest problem with it, though, is that it gives me a choice between… Continue reading Being boring
5 things: 18.10.15
1. Autumn term starts tomorrow and NOT BEFORE TIME. Dude in particular really needs to get back to spielgruppe. (So do I.)2. This term is particularly exciting because he starts one whole extra morning of spielgruppe – on a farm! He will be playing outside and feeding bunnies and learning about plants and rolling in… Continue reading 5 things: 18.10.15
The luxury of changing one’s mind
They say it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind. But there's something missing from that line: women can change their minds about what to wear, or what to have for supper... trivial things. Men – judging from my acquaintance – can change their minds about big things. Like whether they want to be parents.… Continue reading The luxury of changing one’s mind
Time is a feminist issue
This is one of those articles that doesn't say anything NEW but what it says is so important to me that I have to shout about it a little bit or maybe a lot.This is what time is like for most women: fragmented, interrupted by child care and housework. Whatever leisure time they have is… Continue reading Time is a feminist issue
5 things: 26.9.2015
1. All my recent introspection has brought one new thought to the surface: I don't just love knitting. I love talking and writing about knitting. And other stuff. On the principle that I should do (as in literally spend my time on, not try to earn money from) what I love, I should (let myself?)… Continue reading 5 things: 26.9.2015
“Should I just give up?”
I've had this tab open for a few days now. It's a bit close to the bone, even though it's not really my situation at all.I remember trying to quit when our last kid was born and as I rocked the kid back to sleep in the dead of night, all I could think about… Continue reading “Should I just give up?”
Woolly thoughts (and fuzzy logic) 