Mumspiration #2
From how to find your inner zen despite all that wrapping and decorating to what to wear on Christmas day, this is my pick of the best...
Expat/ immigrant/ local #1: Pamela Chow
This is a new series of interviews with people who live in Barbados. The terms local, expat and immigrant are frequently used worldwide...
Caribbean musings #9 Listening to the sea
Last week my husband, Alex, went on a work trip to New York and Washington. I imagined him walking with purpose along the broad concrete...
52 project/ #46
It's been a while since I posted one of these. All that I can say is family life has been busy and living has taken priority over...
Caribbean musings #8 The naked truth: is life better without clothes?
Remember when you were a child and summer was about turning on the sprinkler and running around the garden with nothing on? Remember the...
This motherhood #1 Can you have it all?
This is the start of a new series about the experience of being a mother and the state that it induces - whether that's one society...
Caribbean musings #7 Lessons in how to be flexible (and I'm not talking about yoga)
I did something today that I've been putting off for weeks. I went to get a replacement driver's licence. While waiting in long queues, ...
Caribbean musings #6 Living in a dream world
It might have been the fact that it was a rainy British day in August, the kind when the grey sky is a low ceiling and it's hard to see...
Mumspiration #1
One/ We're in the middle of the humid summer/ rainy season in Barbados right now and hot, balmy evenings call for tart, refreshing gin...
Kidspiration #1
One/ I've decided that Saltwater sandals (pictured on Iris) are THE BEST child friendly sandals. Ever. Yes, they're a bit pricey but if...
