This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

All Change

So a week ago, I wanted to write and tell you about the crazy night we’d had. In fact I had so many other things going on too…bubbling up and running over…and wanted to let them all blog out of me. Then it got a little hard to get to the PC. And then I […]

Of Mothers on Mothers’ Day

I’ve been a little AWOL lately as my mother, Joan, has been visiting from New Zealand. It is only the second time she has visited me anywhere since I left home in 1992 and first time time we have seen one another since my father passed away three years ago. It was also the first […]

This Moment

Sporty-ness

I am the least sporty person I know. Akira is perhaps one of the most sports-minded people I know. In so many ways we prove that old opposites-attract adage. Having a child is like a weird little personal science project. It is so interesting to try and identify which of the respective genetic imprints have […]

Memorial

William Maurice Eason 3 April 1942 – 24 February 2007 Fond memories today of lovely Bill.

A Little Older

At the end of last week I got a little older. It was a quiet sort of day, spent moseying around the library in the morning, chatting to my mother and sister in NZ online in the afternoon and then going out for a coffee with Kazuo. Unfortunately, he slept through the early dinner time […]

New Shoes

It is official. I no longer have a little baby. Our house has been invaded by a toddler! It seemed to happen overnight, though I guess it has been a while in coming. Yesterday, after Akira had spent the afternoon hauling a soft-baby-shoe-clad Kazuo out of the slush and dirt at the ice skating rink […]