Swan Republic
Mummy, I would like a humming-bird and also, I would like a swan. Well, there are no humming birds in Scotland, and I think all the swans...
Forest of Birse
Paddling in the cold peaty water, the river stole his left jelly shoe and my right flip-flop. He uses the slimy wooden weir as a slide....
Throwing Cheese at the Space Birds
Mummy, imagine if there was a tree as big as twenty-eight million thousand school buses, and it went up as high as the moon? Would you...
Where the Wild Things Are
I know he will fear the terrible creatures, their teeth and claws. He is building the little boat that will take him there, and there is...
What I have achieved today.
Got up at six thirty. Fed and dressed the kids and myself. Full face of makeup. Drove little boy to school. Housework. Drafted...
Milestones
My baby is one year old. She does not want to crawl or walk yet. She does not like to cry or fuss about anything. What she likes to do is...
Muddy little hands
I feel sad for children who are not allowed to get filthy. I like to see mine with mud under their nails, grubby hands and knees, faces...
Minibeasts
My little boy loves minibeasts. He digs for them in the soil, and scrapes them into pots, offering them fruit and leaves, poking and...