Welcome!
I am an Australian ‘girl’ in her 40’s who has been living in England on-and-off for 20+ years (with Sydney and Singapore in between), currently in the English countryside on The Cotswolds borders. A mother of four children aged 14 through to 5; and wife to my English/Norwegian husband of nearly two decades. I work in brand and marketing strategy and love consuming and creating content. I am rekindling a life-long love of writing here and I am so glad you’ve joined me.
I love reading, travel, music, style, interiors, nature, cooking and writing. But I am most curious about people. I love people (mostly!), conversation and connection, fascinated by the human condition. I am a dreamer, an optimist and a sentimental fool. Though my ability to suffer fools is waning as I age. What a wild and exceptionally lucky ride to be on, especially when navigating teen and mid-life hormones with toddler tantrums. But this is NOT a mummy blog. I try to avoid all that and write about me and this little (mid) life I love so much, despite its challenges and constant WTF moments.
I like to think of this space as my adventures in writing while finding meaning, and amusement, in this little (mid)life...
What do I write about?
I muse about mid-life, mothering (only a little) and managing mental load. I cover holidays, hormones and happiness. And enthuse about all the little glimmers I come across to counteract the triggers and add magic to the mundane - from great reads to delicious recipes, a-ha articles to heavenly homewares, sartorial style to scorching sarcasm and satire, music and film, travel and health, aging parents, living abroad and a bit of nocturnal existential pondering. Laughter through tears is my favourite emotion. Dolly Parton’s too. Oh how I love her. I could go on…
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A favour….
I only ask that you please consider a comment, if you feel so inclined - that is more important than any heart buttons to me (though of course those are very nice too). All my writing is conversation in style - I love a chat and if it can’t be IRL then I want to reach my arms around the world and natter with you all here! I share the things on my mind relating to this little life and all its exquisite ups and downs, so I want to know your thoughts and experiences too. Please disagree with me, I love nothing more than a debate and a reframing of the themes I write about. Nobody likes sharing in an echo chamber, especially those who have been hiding their desire to write for 30 odd years :-)
Thank you so much for reading!
Emily
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