Browsing: Parenthood

Last month, my plan was that this month, one of the girls, or both, would write about their school camp…

Today our family has transitioned from a family without a pet to one with one. Welcome to Lotus! Rhea: Today…

What I liked about the mornings was the racket that the birds made before dawn, screeching and singing away so…

It’s peak performance period: last Thursday was the girls’ school concert; the day after that Rhea recited her poem in…

We had our Year Ten reunion the other week. I use the term ‘we’ loosely here – technically it was…

Building up to the international climate change rallies on Friday September 20, I approached the event carefully with the girls,…

I recently read Nora Ephron’s last book of essays I remember Nothing, followed by her sister Delia’s book Sister Mother…

This winter holidays we had two weeks in New Zealand. I hadn’t been since I was four, and I don’t…

It’s June, and that means it’s a busy month with a birthday party scheduled. What is involved is this: agreeing…