This post should have some kind of health warning as there are some ridiculously adorable photos of a puppy in it that could melt your heart. We’re just over a month into the New Year, and I’m a week into owning new puppy! Meet Didi! Here she is on her first day at home. Didi … Continue reading
A gazillion years ago I had a job in advertising. One of the mantras of the ad agency I worked in was ‘The good is the enemy of the great’. I heard that so often while I was working there I got a bit eye-rolly about it. But every so often I remember and it makes … Continue reading
Hi y’all! OK, so, last month I told you that I was starting 2015 with the intention of doing more fun things that made me feel good right now in the moment. Well, one of those was joining a Five Rhythms dance group, which is where you just go wild and do whatever dancing you … Continue reading
Posted by Rachel Hamilton, author of The Case of the Exploding Loo and The Case of the Exploding Brains. People often ask how you can teach children to be more creative. I may have accidentally discovered the answer . . . ‘by being a slightly useless parent’. It all began with a craft project. Most of my parenting … Continue reading
Hi girls! Wow, how cool that this page snows now! Well, usually I am just bursting with things to tell you, and new thoughts and zingy ideas… But not this month! And that’s kind of the point. Winter. It’s when everything’s going on under the surface, ready for spring. It’s when the fields have been … Continue reading
Recently I moved house, and had to throw out a lot of my old things. I knew that I ought to get rid of all the funny odds and ends that I wasn’t ever going to use, but in some cases I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. How could I throw out presents … Continue reading
This month has been ‘Bucks Open Studios’ here in Buckinghamshire, where artists display their work in church and community halls and in their own homes. It’s a wonderful chance to meet local artists and even to watch them at work. So of course I couldn’t resist… I am after all extremely nosy. Like writers, artists … Continue reading
What keeps you awake at night? When I was growing up, it was the threat of nuclear war. I don’t think my mum had any idea how terrified I was about that; she’d just shrug and say it would probably never happen. But I didn’t believe her. I’d go to bed and stare at the … Continue reading
Sometimes when I sit down to write my head feels like this: Which is a bit of a drawback if you’re a writer. After all, a writer needs to have lots of ideas, don’t you think? So when this happens I basically have three options. Go back to bed, get up again, and hope that … Continue reading
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