Stubbornness

I recently listened to an illustrator describe the tools she had used to produce a picture book – “graphite pencils, watercolour, collage, old photographs…and stubbornness.’ Ah. Yes.     Picture books may look simple. In fact, the simpler they look or seem,...

So far.

It has been four and a half months since our littlest (and last!) was born. I thought you might like to know how we’re getting on…     Throughout the pregnancy this baby felt very different to the other two. We didn’t know her gender, so that was a...

For the girls

I don’t like public speaking. I know lots of people feel the same way, that my fears are as common as mud, but it still frustrates me. I think the problem is that I cannot quite understand it. I like to talk. Really like to talk. I like people and I enjoy...