by Hannah | Apr 20, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
At the end of this month my third book will be out in the world. There is its cover, looking delicious, with my name in huge font. How does it feel? Exciting. Nerve-wracking. A relief. Strange, even the third time around. It’s difficult to explain the...
by Hannah | Apr 6, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Ah, the blurry newborn days. For all the lack of showering, lack of sleep, lack of hair-brushing, drastic darkening of under eye circles (please see above!), stumbling out of the house for school drop off wearing a nursing bra partially unhitched and a shirt...
by Hannah | Mar 23, 2016 | Food, From Hannah, Includes a recipe!
This is my Mum. She’s about twelve years old in this photo and it’s pretty clear her mother, my Grandma, always wanted a girl with curls. My Mum has a love for regular spring-cleans and clear-outs. After which, my sister and I wind up with...
by Hannah | Mar 9, 2016 | From Hannah, How She (or he) Does It, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Julia Batchelor-Smith and I have known each other for a long time. We went to the same primary school. My enduring memory is of a magnificent cake her Mum made for one of her birthday parties – an upright lolly shop (made of sponge cake), filled with dozens of...
by Hannah | Feb 24, 2016 | From Hannah, Kids and Parenting
Here she is. At the beginning of this month we finally welcomed the third and final act to our family circus – Bonnie Matilda. Only five days late (her sisters were much tardier) she came tumbling into the world at a generous 4.3kgs. That’s 9...
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