It's May and next month we'll be halfway through the year! Holy moly. April was a time of big change for us, with the move to Auckland, school holidays, the start of the second term of school, and of course, all the house renovations. We've started to feel a bit more settled as the month … Continue reading Five things in April
Welcome to the omnibus edition of Five Things! I didn't mean not to publish September back when it was actually relevant. I got some terrible news at the beginning of October and have found myself all but incapable of writing since, especially about silly little things such as movies and podcasts and skincare products. Sometimes … Continue reading Five Things in September AND Five Things in October
Hurray! The eternity that is the last month of winter is over and it is finally spring! I do think that one thing the pandemic has given me is far more tolerance of winter – I really didn't have a good alternative option – but it's definitely not my favourite still and that's never more evident than … Continue reading Five things in August
So funny story! I was going to proudly put the fact that we got through the school holidays relatively smoothly in this list – we are getting just a little better at the juggle every set of holidays, and I imagine we'll have it absolutely locked in around the same time Amelie becomes a teenager and … Continue reading Five things in July
The kitchen, complete with soapstone counters, in Geraldine Brooks' home. Photo: Randi Baird, New York Times We've made it through the first month of winter! And it flew by (do I literally say that about every month? It feels like I say that about every month. So boring, and yet so true – months go quickly … Continue reading Five things in June
The Judd Crew 