Last year, I put together a list of Irish suppliers from whom I've bought and tried and tested products – I'm adding a few more to it this year, as the inclination to try to support local businesses continues. There's nothing like a crisis to bring people together, and it's heartening to see the effort people have ...
Three years ago I put together a list of 28 books or series my kids love and two years ago, I added more to bring it up to 50. This year, due to an edits deadline, I asked my twelve-year-old if she would help out with adding more reviews. She said no. So I bribed her – ...
The three things I'm asked most often, here on OfficeMum, and on Facebook and on Instagram, are as follows: 1. Which is the best campsite 2. How do you get into freelance writing and 3. How do you write a book – or: I've written a book, what do I do next. I've answered the ...
There is a nice thread on Twitter today where people are remembering their mothers. This is my mum. I don’t often write about her. Actually, I never do. But today seems like a day to do so. This photo was taken before my Debs and I’m wearing a dress she made. I remember how certain ...
This day last year, March 12th, at around this time, I remember listening to the radio and bursting into tears when it was announced that schools would be closing for two weeks. It felt dramatic and scary and surreal and as we all know, it went on for a lot longer than two weeks. It feels ...
So. Here we are. Still here. Still here! What is it – week 6? Week 66? Week 974? Does it even matter? We're just pushing through as best we can, knowing that there is an end in sight, and knowing that we've done this before and we've come out the other side. So what are ...
Going to bed last night, I thought about the fact that everyone in the house had gone outside for at least ten minutes fresh air, and that there were no major arguments, and that nobody had cried during homeschool, and I felt like it had been a good day. This morning, I remembered to press the ...
It's a Sunday night like no other - like thousands of parents up and down the country, we're checking codes and devices and searching (and searching and searching) for that missing email (or was it an Aladdin message or maybe a text message) with the times for the call or the codes for the app. ...
It's beginning to look a lot like (a very different) Christmas - especially for retailers and small businesses whose doors are still closed. But there is nothing like a crisis to bring people together, and it's heartening to see the effort people have been making to buy Irish, support local businesses, and spread the word about ...
"Have you near heard of Clearasil?" I was fourteen, walking across a green near my house, when a group of guys around my own age shouted this sage skincare advice at me. I had heard of Clearasil. I had tried Clearasil. But while it was a perfectly fine facial wash, it didn't do anything to combat acne. The ...
