Yesterday I wrote about my change of diet to mostly plant based food, and my renewed appreciation of Greek vegan dishes. So today I thought I’d share one of my favourite Greek vegan recipes with you. When I first got married, I asked my mum to buy...
It’s Friday night, my husband and I are both exhausted, the kids are away, it is past dinner time, and we hadn’t eaten. We rocked up at the local gourmet pizza bar, and took a few minutes to decide what we were eating. Only when we ordered...
When I was ten years old, my family and I moved from beautiful, sunny Glyfada on the coast near Athens to less sunny, (but also beautiful in its own way) Ascot, in Berkshire. It was the eighties, the internet didn’t exist (not in our homes...
If you’ve been at all involved with taking care of little people in the last decade in the UK, you’ll have heard of sleeping bunnies. It’s a song about bunnies who sleep till it’s noon, and get woken up with a merry tune...
So the Easter holidays are coming up, and we are planning a trip to Greece to celebrate Greek Easter. The thing is, Greek Easter is on a different date to Protestant Easter- one week later to be exact. So in order to celebrate on the right date, we...
Routine doesn’t come naturally to me and it never has. I’m one of those people who need routine imposed on them by external factors like school, work and appointments. (And even with those in place… I’ll be honest, I can...
I remember the first time Aliyah and Annie had a play date. We were walking on a path at the Meadows (big green space in Edinburgh): girls in front, mums behind. One girl said to the other ” Let’s do a show!” And the other one said...
The last couple of weeks have, for a few reasons, been a little bit stressful. I’ve found myself getting over busy and overwhelmed. One thing that’s really helped has been doing exercise. The feeling of relaxation, and release I felt...
It’s Friday night and despite having promised myself, and you, my readers, that I’d write a blog post every day, today I’m struggling. Even with all the best intentions in the world, after a day of looking after small kids, having...
Macbeth, a Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hamlet, with a piece of original music thrown in. You can’t complain at that for an evening of entertainment by primary school kids. I know I’ve gone on about it the last few days, but...