by Clarissa | Aug 10, 2020 | family, personal, writing |
I find the start of a new school year to be a good time to work out how I’m going to structure my week and to come up with a vision of what my ideal week would look like. I start with the big things that can’t be moved, add in all the everyday things that...
by Clarissa | Apr 13, 2020 | family, personal, writing |
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...
by Clarissa | Feb 25, 2019 | writing |
I’ve been struggling recently with a whole series of questions about how I spend my time. Is it better for me to do things myself, or to pay for someone else to do them? Which comes back to the question of the value of my time. Now, at the moment, what income I...
by Clarissa | May 18, 2018 | family, personal |
My Mum gave me some hexagons that she’d paper pieced years ago and had then been sitting in a cupboard since then. Today I took them out of my cupboard and started playing around with different patterns and designs. In the end all I managed to sew together was...
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....
