by Clarissa | Jan 21, 2019 | personal |
This is me from about ten years ago, more or less. Dressed as Pippi Longstocking for some reason. All day no-one could keep a straight face when they looked at me. And yes, it was a work day. I had to be careful not to turn my head too quickly, in case I poked anyone...
by Clarissa | Sep 24, 2018 | personal, writing |
I am struggling at the moment – I know what I want to be (an author), but though I have a plan for how to get there I’m not there yet. I feel like I’m in an extended period of metamorphosis. It’s nearly five years since I last worked in an...
by Clarissa | May 4, 2018 | writing |
I didn’t win. But it showed me how much I can write. Though writing fast became my focus, not writing well. I know there are things I will have to edit because I didn’t stop to check or look things up. But in a month I wrote over half of a novel....
by Clarissa | Jan 16, 2018 | dutch life, family |
So with starry girl about to start school I thought it was a good opportunity to think about the differences between preschool child health care in the UK versus the Netherlands. Though I guess I’m really comparing what happened in the two cities we’ve...
by Clarissa | Oct 16, 2017 | family, personal |
In January starry girl will turn four, and start school. This will be a big change for all of us, and I can’t quite believe that it’s got here so fast. These last few months with her at home for most of the time are, I’m sure, going to go by so fast....
