crisis knitting

crisis knitting

I’m sitting down to write this and I’m really not sure what I want to write about. I have a list of possible blog topics, but somehow none of them seem relevant right now. This is a weird time, for everyone, where the norms are not normal. Where there is...
Homeschooling report

Homeschooling report

Like many round the world we have been watching the coronavirus pandemic spread. This is an unsettling time for everyone, especially those who, like me, find themselves in the high risk category. In order to minimise the spread and control the need for hospital and...
Sint v Santa – combining celebrations

Sint v Santa – combining celebrations

It’s that time of year again, when the shops are full of kruidnoten and we have the seemingly endless consumerism approaching of Sinterklaas followed by Christmas. One of the things you need to do to a greater extent when you live abroad is to combine holiday...
Supporting your mental health

Supporting your mental health

Over the summer, as well as planning out what I’m going to be writing for the rest of the year, I’ve been thinking about how I look after myself. Everyone knows the importance of physical exercise in order to look after your physical health, but what can...
Book launch!

Book launch!

Today is launch day for “Moving abroad with children” and “Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language”. Both these books are based on our experience moving from the UK and now living in the Netherlands. Writing them has...

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