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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Finding stillness, living in the present, and looking after a baby
Here in the UK we’ve been in ‘lock down’ for nine weeks (I think, I have lost count). In the Magpie household we entered lock down with a two and a bit week old baby to look after, and little … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, mindfulness, parenting
Tagged baby in lockdown, gratitude, Inspiration, living in lockdown, living with lockdown, lockdown, luck, mindfulness, new baby, new mama, new mom, new mum, parenting, parenting in lockdown
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‘I’ll fix that later’: things that help when trying to write and look after a baby.
Posted in Art, Craft, parenting, writing
Tagged creative parent, new mom, new mum, writing, writing life, writing parent, writing tips, writing when short on time
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Toe beans
We have two black cats who are difficult to take a photo of at the best of times. Since we moved into the new house however they do seem a little more relaxed. Recently the more irritable of the two … Continue reading
Late night research and the Hidden Life of Trees
Followers of this blog may know that I’ve been working on a novel for some time (like ten years worth of time). I think it’s taken so long because it took me a while to work out what kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, writing
Tagged Art, being a parent, creative, creative mom, creative mum, creative parent, fantasy, fantasy writer, fantasy writing, hidden life of trees, mom, multi-tasking, mum, new mom, new mum, science fiction, science fiction writer, science fiction writing, writing
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Lockdown projects
We moved into our house just before Christmas and have become some of the lucky people to be able to spend time in the garden during lockdown. Sometimes I find it difficult to get over how lucky our timing was. … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, environment, grow your own
Tagged from the garden, gardening, in the garden, lockdown, lockdown projects
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My cat is nailing social distancing
In the UK we have been ‘social distancing’ for eight weeks now. I don’t think it has come that easily to many humans. People like to hug each other, even in socially uptight England. Social distancing prevents that for many … Continue reading
Mothers day design – USA moms
Quite some time ago I posted this post in which I showed you a design I had created as a valentines day card for Mr Magpie when I was heavily pregnant with my first baby. A few people here, and else … Continue reading
