Psst. I Have Moved. 17 Feb 2013 | 01:13 am

Fernwood Farm 4 Feb 2013 | 08:33 pm

Last week Stephen and I took the plunge, it’s something we’ve been talking about doing for a really long time, something that would cement our nearly 18 year long relationship and make it, well, offic...

Sights of Sunday 28 Jan 2013 | 04:43 am

While today wasn’t exactly what I’d call spring like (by the afternoon we hit a mighty -15c), compared to the -40 we had mid week it felt positively balmy!  Along with the glorious sunshine and the cr...

Suckage 23 Jan 2013 | 03:10 am

There is beauty in embracing the reality that things kind of suck.  There is beauty in the abandonment of self, the crashing aside of the props of ego and the delicious decline into unmitigated annoya...

Volcano! 16 Jan 2013 | 02:34 am

On Friday we made a start on one of Huwyl’s christmas presents, a volcano making kit.  He mixed the plaster and poured it into the mould and then waited (sort of) patiently for it to set.  Next he pai...

A Hot Cup of Tea 15 Jan 2013 | 02:02 am

As any busy person knows a hot drink is a luxury.  The chance to pause, to make the drink, to wait for it to hit that perfect drinking temperature and then the time it takes to savour and enjoy.  In t...

Pathways 11 Jan 2013 | 01:15 am

A thaw has arrived, bringing with it the illusion of spring and melting.  The crunchy, powdered flakes of snow have become slick, slippery ice that tricks our feet and trips us as we tumble into the w...

New 8 Jan 2013 | 02:31 am

So 2013 has officially dawned.  Stephen has gone back to work (after prising the boys and, well, me off his legs) and our school has begun again.  The house is oddly quiet and there is a big man shape...

In Progress 4 Jan 2013 | 10:37 pm

I wish I could say that I could keep my kitchen looking like this all of the time, but that would be a very big lie.  As in, it could be seen from space due to it’s inordinate massivenessosity.  That’...

Meat – A Backstory 28 Dec 2012 | 08:39 pm

I think if I asked most people where their meat comes from they’d say ‘the supermarket’.  That’s fair enough and when people lead such busy lives with so many demands on them, sourcing food any other ...