If I was a piece of furniture, I’d be

by | May 21, 2010 | Sweetstuff

If I was a piece of furniture, I’d be a rocking chair. If I was a flower, I’d be a tulip. If I was a store, I’d be Pottery Barn. If I was a chocolate bar, I’d be a Cadbury’s crunchie. If I was a household item, I’d be a laundry...

A Southern Cross homesickness

by | May 19, 2010 | Kids, Motherhood, South Africa, Travel

I’m raising two boys two and a half years and nearly 8,000 miles away from the country that runs in their veins. The blood red dust of the Karoo, the ostrich, the meerkat, the hadida. Thick accents and thicker maize meal cooked in three legged black pots over...
When you start the week weighed down by worry

Of bath towels & burritos

by | May 18, 2010 | Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys, Travel

We have these dreamy towels from Bed, Bath and Beyond. They’re the nicest ones we’ve ever owned. Big, fluffy bath sheets. I believe their official color is “linen.” We used them for exactly one year before they went into storage for the next nearly five. One year in...