mother's day Archives

8 March, 2018 By Sarah Wood Leave a Comment

How to talk about women’s rights with your children

8 March and another International Women's Day arrives, as it has on this day since 1985. This year has seen 100-year celebrations of … [Read more...]

3 April, 2011 By Sarah Wood 4 Comments

My top 5 tips for happy mums

I’ve stopped the sudden rush of tears now, opened the handmade gifts and cards, been entranced by my little girl’s rendition of a mother’s … [Read more...]

The Sweetness of Water Nathan Harris This is a very powerful book, telling very moving stories from the end of the American civil war. It’s a slow-paced and moving story about lives affected by the freeing of slaves and the effect this has on whole communities. George and his wife Isabelle, the freed slaves they […]

May 2021 reads

Books I read in May 2021 The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett 5 stars Insightful and empathetic, the book weaves the story of twins who are split apart by circumstances and who live their lives one white, one black as they find themselves far away from their beginnings. The book covers so much ground, has many […]

April 2021 reads

Books I read in April 2021 First Person Singular Haruki Murakami 5/5 Reading these Murakami stories is at once coming home to familiar ground and at the same time being taking in a new direction by each story. The stories deal with the usual Murakami topics, and each one is like a drink of fresh […]