OK – That’s too long without a post! Here we are on the 1st of October, and today is a day to celebrate! Not for any particular news or progress on the myriad of projects I want progress on, but today has just been so breathtakingly beautiful. I took a walk this morning- needed to…
So.. 1.We’ve finished the re-edit of If you ever get to heaven… after the most exciting , creative and satisfying few weeks of Joe and I tweaking and adjusting – adding new music, trimming frames… the kind of detail that I find absolutely delicious… Now it’s time to get it out there! And that’s coming…
On May 3rd 2011 at 11.15pm I lost my father. He died peacefully at home, with my Mum by his side, one month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer… A month during which he managed to see or talk on the phone to all of his ten grandchildren; preparing them for what was about to…
One thing my life has taught me is never to fear a change of plan! I started this blog last September with an eager desire to take the family on a US Roadtrip this summer. Well the year has headed in a different direction, and it’s clear that we won’t be making the trip this summer. My…
So, Harry … Happy Harry – one of the many Aquarians in my life (along with my husband, mother, daughter, sister…) Born at home in our Isleworth sitting room; weighing in at 11lbs (nearly 5kgs) with only my Mum’s healing hand on my back and Joe’s constant support for pain relief, his birth was followed…
1. I received the most wonderful surprise gift from Tara Sophia Mohr whose e-newsletters I receive – she sent out this beautiful online poetry collection: The Real Life – offering it to anyone who wants to download it for free . It’s stunningly presented with an original work of art for every poem, and well…
I love Christmas, always have… always will! But equally magical, once the last slightly stale mince-pie has been finished, is the anticipation of what the new year holds. I ate too much this year, but don’t I always! and actually I quite like the moment when all the extravagant over-indulgence (during which I openly confess…
I love Christmas at the best of times… and this is the best of times! We put our tree up on Wednesday. Luke and Harry came home for the night – and built a sturdy stand – I made mince pies… and mulled wine… (and carrot soup rather bizarrely – had a lot of carrots…
It’s time – it comes to every mother in the end – and sure enough at the highly appropriate age of 19 my baby boy now has a flat in St Etienne – it’s in his own name; he’ll have his own electricity bills, pay for his own food… do his own washing… and things…
Last weekend the whole family travelled to England to celebrate Mum and Dad’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a magical, touching family gathering at the Grand Hotel overlooking the bay in Swanage. …and the sun shone on our parade! We were twenty-one in all: Mum and Dad, four daughters, husbands, partners, and eleven children… Married…