Spring in Wellington creeps quietly, full of gentle promises of warmth at the end of Winter, and just when you think to yourself this is the beginning, the storms return. - Wild winds rampage around the house, searching out any cracks you've dared to leave unmended, sheets of rain slam the window panes, and … Continue reading Urban Homestead Update
I wrote this post for the blog of our spiritual group, and wanted to share it here too. Since starting our family, or even before that - when we considered the idea of bringing children up in a spiritual tradition - we've been on the look out for books that inspire kids' spirituality in different … Continue reading Reading to Druid littlies – kids’ books that inspire spirituality
It's wonderful to finally have time to sit down and write. A while ago I saved a whole lot of draft titles - ideas, topics to come back to. Today this one jumped out at me. There are so many books that I love and have loved, so many books that have meant something to me, … Continue reading Life-changing Books
Lately I’ve been feeling the pull. To write more. To connect. To grow. To share. This blog has seen me through some many ages and stages and now it is us. As I family. Me, S. and T. I’m still figuring out what us looks like and how I share that with the world. I … Continue reading Living Authentically
This project has very much been a labour of love, with so much planning and imagining even before we got pregnant. I'm a very visual person, and I like to have clear pictures in my head of how things will look before starting anything new, so there wasn't much decision-making required by the time we … Continue reading The Big Nursery Reveal!
When I was at university, completing my BA in linguistics and German, I wrote for the student magazine. (For some unknown reason New Zealand universities all have magazines rather than newspapers). Being the eclectic girl that I am, and of course being completely incapable of choosing just one thing to focus on, my roles with … Continue reading Lexical Love
Well, actually that's probably the understatement of the year given the speed at which things seem to change these days, what with new technology spreading new ideas and such. But that's not actually what I want to write about today. What I actually want to write about in this post is how things are changing … Continue reading The Times they are a Changin’
The school librarians at work sent out a request on the last day of term: they wanted us to take a photo of a bookshelf in our house for a competition in Book Week, where the students will have to guess which bookshelf belongs to which teacher. I have to admit, I had quite a … Continue reading Clues to a Life Well Read?
Purple Magnolia Cottage 