1. Sickness is a weird thing, it truly is. When you're healthy it seems so unimportant and boring. Then along comes, oh, say, a mystery fever of doom and knocks you sideways for a month and you can't do anything at all except lie down a lot and you realise how very very necessary good… Continue reading 5 things, the uncomfortable truths edition: 6.12.2015
Tag: musing
Finding the me
I've started keeping a little list of the things that make me feel like me. Because after complaining at length about how motherhood makes me feel like a non-person, I figured it was worth clarifying what IS me. It's an odd little list and sort of looks like "things I like doing", but it's not… Continue reading Finding the me
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
“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?”
Some thoughts on the possibility of the existence of mornings
1. Mornings suck.2. Actually, early mornings, when a person is forced to experience them, are pretty darn fantastic. We all know this is so, even though we don't actually act on the knowledge, because that would be madness, ie it would require getting up.3. Any number of worthwhile and much desired things – morning pages,… Continue reading Some thoughts on the possibility of the existence of mornings
Seeking balance
So the past few weeks have been pretty hectic, in my personal/family life. First we spent a week in Davos, then 10 days in England, with just two days at home in between – about enough time to do laundry and repack? Technically of course that was all holiday, but those of you with children… Continue reading Seeking balance
On imagiplanning
I have a new thing. Every time I get bummed out that I can't do thing X, I add it to my list. It's not exactly a bucket list; it's not so much about the Big Exciting Mustn't Miss things. It's about the things I want to be in my life, that can't be right now… Continue reading On imagiplanning
In which I pretend to be famous and important
Julia Riede interviewed me about my experience as a designer, over here. Interesting experience; of course I love talking about myself as much as anyone, but some of the questions were hard. Notably "show your workspace" (oh no... it's not a Pinterest-worthy light-filled studio!) and "where do you see your designs in five years". True story:… Continue reading In which I pretend to be famous and important
Quiet time
Over a month ago I went on holiday with my extended family – and it was gorgeous. My sister and her family came over from South Africa (for most of them, the first time they'd ever left the country), and my dad from England, and after a few days here in Switzerland we all trekked down… Continue reading Quiet time
It’s like the pinny porn thing all over again*
I spent most of yesterday (when not dealing with two overtired and needy children, one of whom took nearly two hours to settle down and go to sleep, bless his stroppy little heart *she says through gritted teeth*) fighting with various Flickr "solutions" to upload my snaps from last month's holiday. Getting them up within a couple… Continue reading It’s like the pinny porn thing all over again*
Woolly thoughts (and fuzzy logic) 