Project House has returned to square one. The surveyor told us the house we wanted to buy was nice, but maybe, possibly, likely cracking in two. It’s taken all this…
Meri, Meri, quite contreri
Category: Personal & Family Life
An idea that struck me this week was something I heard on the Rest Is History podcast (this episode). They were discussing how different generations react to the previous generation’s…
I went to a networking event for Imperial alumnae last week and had some conversations that felt very zeitgeist-y. A bit like if they made a film twenty or thirty…
Thinking about some of the ways my older son hasn’t yet grasped what is expected in social situations, I had an idea that might help him. And it might help…
I got unjustifiably angry with the three-year-old yesterday morning and have some reflections. The situation arose from the two of us following separate but equally unmovable agendas – I, getting…
My older son has been pretty resistant to potty-training, but we’re making some headway now. It’s about time, as he is three and a half. In case you didn’t know,…
The house project has progressed to a point where we have had an offer accepted on a house in Woolwich (one of the areas with the cheapest square footage according…
I’m getting deeper and deeper into the weeds of finding a neighbourhood to live. I’ve sorted out the schools now, I believe – the only piece of analysis I will…
I’m reading Oliver Burkeman’s much-recommended Four Thousand Weeks and I’m not really sure about it. It’s highly relevant to me as I’m exactly the kind of person he often uses…
We are just back from a short trip to Sorrento in the ankle of Italy and, well, it wasn’t terrible, but it was a lot of work for a holiday…