Tag : Dear Orla
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06/02/2017The mind of a four year old is a wonderfully unpredictable thing. Whereas with adults I can pretty easily predict the direction a conversation will take, with Orla I frequently land in discussions [...]
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02/01/2017I was relaying some of the amazing stuff that's been happening for me to my friend Hannah recently, and she said to me "you're flying!" And it made me pause, because I feel like I'm doing [...]
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11/19/2016Note: I wrote this post way back in April, then never hit publish. I'm not sure why, exactly, but I suppose the subject made me a little unsure. I don't feel unsure any more, so here it is. Better [...]
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11/12/2016What a year! The events of the last week must surely form the icing on a 2016-cake built of bullshit, bitterness and death. I'm increasingly convinced that David Bowie may have been the glue [...]
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10/12/2016A dried thistle flower. She hands it to me, sniffling, drying her eyes from some head-bang or dog lick, and tells me in a small voice, ‘it is a hedgehog’. And it is! It has two eyes and a nose, [...]
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09/02/2016Can we talk about small things for a moment? About the impossibly sweet and nostalgic accoutrements of childhood. A little blue cardigan hanging from a big hallway hook. Miniature shoes [...]
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07/22/2016Europe, I love you. I love Venice in October when the sun is low over the cold lagoon. I love the fantasyof living over Shakespeare Co, earning my keep by selling dusty old books in [...]
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06/29/2016Europe, I love you. I love Venice in October when the sun is low over the cold lagoon. I love the fantasyof living over Shakespeare Co, earning my keep by selling dusty old books in [...]
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06/12/2016Nobody talks about how boring parenting can be. It's this weird Western system we've created, where we all raise our children alone; sealed into our little boxes on quiet, orderly streets. Perhaps [...]
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05/09/2016These are the days that we came here for. When the sun warms our bedroom at the top of the house while the dawn chorus works itself up to an orchestral cacophony. And we dig out the sun cream [...]
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12/14/2015I have come to a reluctant acceptance that it is impossible to plan a quiet Christmas Day . No matter how much I swear to be steadfast & stubborn, defending our wish to stay home [...]
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12/02/2015Ok, it's not snappy - but it's surprisingly true. There will be times when someone is inexplicably rude or mean or condescending, and you cannot figure out why. A girl at school who consistently [...]
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