It came out of nowhere. Alex just looked at me and said, almost casually, that he likes playing with me more than anything. No big buildup, just a simple fact. It hit me harder than I expected. As parents, it is so easy to fall into the trap of ...
Pause on parenting
This half-term, Florence’s parents asked if they could come over and help us with Alex. Of course, we said yes. They stayed for ten days. It was a bit crowded in our tiny flat but, believe me, it was totally worth it. With them around, we could sudden ...
Halloween
I’ve never been a fan of made-up celebrations. For years, I’ve seen things like Halloween or Christmas as just engines for consumerism, days on the calendar designed to make us buy things we don’t need. I honestly paid them close to zero attention. Bu ...
Cotswold Way: Winchcombe to Cleeve Hill
What a nice day we've had! You know those days when you step outside, and the sky is just so blue, without a cloud in sight? Well, today was one of those. We spent it wandering through the gorgeous Cotswolds countryside. It’s days like these I feel so ...
Our Story
I have shared this story numerous times in various ways, but I believe it’s best to write it down, just in case the temptation to modify it arises in the future. It’s a story too precious to be altered, and I want the future me to share the same enchanti ...
Wembley to Camden Town
I like walking. A lot. When I’ve visited my friend’s new working studio in Wembley, I had a look on his window and I’ve seen Grand Union Canal, just a few steps from his window. It didn’t take too much time to give myself a new challenge: to ...
How to DAD
Spoiler alert: It’s not easy. If you are in your 20s and you are thinking of having a child, there are no rational reasons to have one. The word rational is very important in that sentence. Keep that in mind. A child mean ...
The Cake Lesson
I’m going to tell you a short story that was, actually, one of the biggest life lessons I have received in my entire life. I fly to Singapore for my birthday. I love Singapore. It’s one of the best places in the world. I stay here just for a few days ...
Time to slow down
We are always in a rush. We’re always busy. We have to do something at any giving time of the day. We have to? Or we decide to? I’ve just started an experiment: I spend one to two hours per day in the middle of nature, without doing anything, in particul ...
To the airport
I like flying. I like flying so much that I felt stuck in time, during this pandemic. I couldn’t fly for more than one year and things got a bit weird in my head. Maybe because I’ve been used to flying almost monthly. I had even more than&n ...