This week…Susie Hetherington, textile designer and mother of three. Susie Hetherington lives in Gloucestershire with her partner Ollie and their three daughters. She is a graphic designer turned textile designer, and designs, makes and sells beautiful fabrics and homeware, inspired by her natural surroundings, via her website. My little Munchkins are… all girls. I have a five year old,…
Month: June 2016
Mothers on Fathers…
Because, mostly, if you’re lucky, you’re not doing it alone. Not really. Parenting is a partnership. And thank god for that. I often talk about how important mothers are – how much of a support other mothers are, how much I couldn’t have done this without them, how motherhood is such an awe-inspiringly life-changingly epic journey…
The English Country Garden…
I don’t think there is anywhere better to be than an English Country Garden in the summer. New blooms appear overnight, flowerbeds and pots are awash with colour, the bees are so happy you can almost hear it as they go about their business, and the sight – and smell – of a fresh rose is…
My tribe, my village, my friends…
It was #NationalBestFriend day yesterday. And what a thing to celebrate. I don’t have a ‘best friend’, but I have lots and lots of lovely people who add different things to my life, and in their own way, they’re all the best at what they do, for me. And never more so, than since I’ve…
Mothers on Mothering
This week…Juliette Morton, mum of two, writer, global education campaigner and the founder of Kids Call It Out. My little Munchkin/s is/are… aged one and two. I’m going to let them decide when, and if, they want to reveal their identities to the world. No-one ever tells you that… your babies might decide entirely of their…
A Wild Life in Words 