Monday, 15th of February, 2016 Despite conscious efforts to sail the uncertain seas in a positive manner, Cam and I had a fight. It seems valuable to share so you know what fighting is for us. I consider arguing, bickering, disagreeing with raised voices, or any conversations that includes tears or door slamming, as fighting. […]
Thursday, 14th of January, 2016 We had an interesting day, which as usual started early. I like to rise before everyone else, when it is still dark and spend time writing alone, and then when the girls get up, my day with them beings. I have a new system in place, that when I rise, […]
This time of Winter I usually get wanderlust, and the truth of the matter is that we are not always able to travel. Today I felt like writing a list to cure travel blues. 1. Social media can be a great place to meet friends to do a house swap with. Even if they live […]
Monday, 1st of February, 2016 There was not a lot of money to be spent on clothes in our house when I was a child. In some ways my childhood was very privileged, because I was born into an extended family with a beautiful farm in paradise, but in other ways life was hard. Most […]
Friday, 8th of January, 2016 It was decided that we would go for a family walk in the woods at the top of our street. It is a short walk up a hill and when you get to the top of our street you can see Manhattan in the distance. When we reach this spot […]
Monday, 18th of January, 2016 I started babysitting quite young, and now I think about it, I count the families I child minded for as some of my most inspiring life teachers. I remember the night Mum dropped me off at my first babysitting job at a farm house on a country road in Lindendale. I […]
Friday, 23rd September, 2015 – Autumn Equinox. This is the first equinox in a while that I have not gone to some effort to celebrate creatively with some sort of seasonal show. A little too busy and tired today, but I felt the goodness in my heart that Summer had passed and Autumn was officially […]
Monday, 4th, January, 2016, I have decided to start writing the date at the top of the page, because the day I start writing something and the day something gets published are two different things, and so there is a sense now that when a spark starts inside of me and when it become public […]
Friday, 1st January, 2016 Maya came into my room around 9:30pm on new years eve. We had tucked the girls in their beds about half an hour before. I could sense Elle was already sound asleep, but here Maya stood peaking around the door wide awake. “Mummy, can I sleep with you?” she said softly […]
Monday 28th, December, 2015 I woke up feeling a bit sore. I have been doing yoga and having bedroom dance session at night. I have rearranged my bedroom furniture so I can have my bed, yoga mat, and writing-table in a concise feng shui flow, and in making this furniture shift, there was more room for […]
I am not sure what the Farmer’s Almanac says this year but my new and imaginative prediction is that it is going to be very cold. Stock up on extra kindling before the snow falls because we had a very clear message from a squirrel today. Despite Elsa Beskow saying that squirrels are scatty thoughtless […]
Dear Cosmos, I am really glad I have a strong connection with you now. For a long time I felt lonely, and then bit by bit I let go of my fears, and realised I could be held by your energy. It is funny, and kind of sad really that I did not learn this […]
We were in the kitchen having breakfast and it was 11am, and Cam had just spoken to me about shirking my motherhood duties because it was so late. He stood at my bedroom door like I was someone who needed to be told what to do, “It is 11 o’clock and the girls are both […]
There is nothing I love more than to spread the joy of fairy play. We have had a rich childhood filled with endless imaginative scenarios because of a little blue felt fairy we bought in Australia when Maya was three. For many years Bluebell has been Maya’s go to toy (she even has a character […]
I have long had a dream of writing a book, perhaps writing many books… and for the longest time the book I thought I was going to write was called Magnesium Blue. This name came to me one day when I was living in Alaska. It was a wonderful free time of my life when […]
Ilana Anger of Little lief and I connected a few years ago when I was working for Papier Mache Magazine. Instantly I was comforted by Ilana’s generous open spirit, and the fact that we were both Australian expats raising children in and around New York City. Our interests overlapped in many ways, Ilana’s contribution […]
Visiting Ida Pearle really was a treat. As we entered her apartment, the warm hugs and smile she welcomed us with were contagious. Ida is so much fun, but more than that she is incredibly talented, and one of the most grateful people you will meet. We were in awe of the lovely life she leads, […]
At Home in Harmony: Bringing Families and Communities Together in Song By Meg Chittenden Meg Chittenden, Waldorf music teacher and teacher of teachers, shares her perspective on the value of singing in harmony. She is in the midst of creating a CD and songbook featuring a Waldorf-inspired collection of rich and diverse songs in harmony, […]
Water is fascinating for the whole family to study, as a theme it seems to flow cross all subjects from Maths to Art. You can dive in deeply with older children as I have with Maya or just touch the surface lightly with younger children through water play and experiments. Either way, learning about water […]
Words & Photograpy By Flora Jamieson It always feels like the winter months take forever to pass, but then one day in April the skies clear, the wind drops and the tide is low. So we tentatively pack swimming clothes in our basket and head off to the beach. The cliffs, dotted with gorse and sea […]