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The dilemma of stuff – packing to go
So much to do and so little time. Really?! Despite having our count down calendar drawn up on the wall since buying our tickets, the last couple of weeks crept up on us and caught us unprepared. Kian and I worked right to the end, and the kids school broke up for summer ...read more...
Home school
I have total respect for teachers. I always appreciated they had a tough job but now we have started homeschooling I am in awe. I think of the lovely Mrs Etherton and how despite being sometimes tired or perhaps with stresses at home, she is always positive, enthusiastic, and energetic for a day ...read more...
Wonderful Whale Day
Up in the morning, bright sunshine and kids talking to cats wake me up. Maisie puts a lizard on my back and makes me jump. Marlon gives me his usual morning report of which cats are with us. Tea is made for me by Maisie, milky and weak, just how I don’t like ...read more...
Leaving – last thoughts
We left Fofoa today. We spent a last evening eating together on the deck, looking out to sea, hearing the cicadas and the lapping waves, watching the bats swoop and the smiles of our dear friends faces in candle light. We have grown older together and have shared a precious piece of life ...read more...
Freediving
Last year, before leaving on our travels, I was commissioned by Coast magazine to do an article on a weekend learning to free-dive. This was a wonderful opportunity being something we really wanted to do whilst surrounded by the South Pacific Ocean. The article is due to come out in January 2015, and I have copied it ...read more...
Fishy Business
We were out in the boat yesterday looking for whales as it’s coming to the end of their season; soon the calfs will be big enough for them to begin returning South to the feeding grounds of the Antarctic. We were lucky enough to get in with one mother and calf but they were ...read more...
Are the kids bored yet?
A question my mum posed in a recent letter made me think I should write a response.. “Are the kids bored yet?” Short answer: No! Truthfully..yes of course, sometimes – like any kids anywhere in the world. In Tonga my kids are lucky; they are never ...read more...
From single mum to co-parenting
I have been single in my mothering since the kids were born. Don’t get me wrong, I was part of a couple to begin with, but as far as parenting went I pretty much did a single handed job. I was alone most evenings when the kids were crying babies and I felt about ...read more...