Monthly archive January, 2010
Honesty (gulp) the best policy?

Honesty (gulp) the best policy?

I have been tagged by the delightful and ever surprising Ms Almeras of Grass Stain Guru fame for the Honest Scrap Award. Thank you Bethe for nominating me and for being prepared to learn more about just how eclectic and vaguely inconsistent I really am… So it works like this. I have to share 10...
Let kids climb trees!

Let kids climb trees!

I love this picture. I took it at our farm over the weekend. I crept up on my son who was relaxing in the tree (an ornamental cherry by the way), before he resumed a game of ‘skip’ with our dog. I love the mix of nature, relaxation and child.
The power of "people variety" in a child's life ...

The power of “people variety” in a child’s life …

My girlfriend recently rang to ask if my husband would be prepared to take on an informal mentoring role for her teenage son. She is a single working mother and her son has limited access to positive male role models. This led me to thinking about how important it is to provide children with access...