by Hannah | Oct 26, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Travel, Writing
Well, we said we’d do it and we did. Stubbornness prevailed… Marjory and the Mouse is here! Look at it, would you? I think I am as biased about the beauty and charm of the book (due to Mahe and Luis and Helena – merci and obrigada!) as...
by Hannah | Oct 5, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Writing
I recently listened to an illustrator describe the tools she had used to produce a picture book – “graphite pencils, watercolour, collage, old photographs…and stubbornness.’ Ah. Yes. Picture books may look simple. In fact, the simpler they look or seem,...
by Hannah | Jul 13, 2016 | Books & Reading, Food, From Hannah, From Ria, Interviews, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Baffled and bewildered, Ria and I recently figured out we have been blogging here together for FOUR YEARS. That’s right. Longer than the average age of a pet hamster. Four whole years of diligently writing and cooking and photographing and sharing in this space,...
by Hannah | May 3, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
I don’t like public speaking. I know lots of people feel the same way, that my fears are as common as mud, but it still frustrates me. I think the problem is that I cannot quite understand it. I like to talk. Really like to talk. I like people and I enjoy...
by Hannah | Apr 20, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
At the end of this month my third book will be out in the world. There is its cover, looking delicious, with my name in huge font. How does it feel? Exciting. Nerve-wracking. A relief. Strange, even the third time around. It’s difficult to explain the...
by Hannah | Apr 6, 2016 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Ah, the blurry newborn days. For all the lack of showering, lack of sleep, lack of hair-brushing, drastic darkening of under eye circles (please see above!), stumbling out of the house for school drop off wearing a nursing bra partially unhitched and a shirt...
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