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![Warning – this contains discussion of suicide. ‘These precious days’ is the name of a book of short stories that I decadently splashed out on from a lovely bookshop by […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_6279-1-115x115.jpg "These precious days")
These precious days
Posted on April 24, 2022 | No CommentsWarning – this contains discussion of suicide. ‘These precious days’ is the name of a book of short stories that I decadently splashed out on from a lovely bookshop by […] -
![We have been sorting and packing with increasing intensity over recent weeks, leading up to spending nearly all of the productive parts of the days sorting and packing this weekend. […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_6161-115x115.jpg "On the move")
On the move
Posted on March 27, 2022 | No CommentsWe have been sorting and packing with increasing intensity over recent weeks, leading up to spending nearly all of the productive parts of the days sorting and packing this weekend. […] -
![I got a call from Duncan yesterday to say that his and Becky’s baby has been born! A very cuddly, peaceful-looking, good sized boy. The girls are overjoyed. When asked […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_6098-115x115.jpg "New beginnings")
New beginnings
Posted on February 27, 2022 | No CommentsI got a call from Duncan yesterday to say that his and Becky’s baby has been born! A very cuddly, peaceful-looking, good sized boy. The girls are overjoyed. When asked […] -
![The end of a strange year of restrictions for a couple of months, busy at work, wet weather, a quick trip by plane to Melbourne for niece Ellie’s 21st, I […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_5752-1-Christmas2021-115x115.jpg "Sadness and joy")
Sadness and joy
Posted on December 25, 2021 | No CommentsThe end of a strange year of restrictions for a couple of months, busy at work, wet weather, a quick trip by plane to Melbourne for niece Ellie’s 21st, I […] -
![Dad turned seventy this week. As Lara said in the joke she found, what goes up but never down? Your age. We marked the occasion with a dinner at a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_5698-115x115.jpg "Dad is 70!")
Dad is 70!
Posted on November 28, 2021 | No CommentsDad turned seventy this week. As Lara said in the joke she found, what goes up but never down? Your age. We marked the occasion with a dinner at a […] -
![This weekend things have opened out, and we made the most of it. With our town’s vaccination rate at over 90% for two doses and 95% for one, we are […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/leaves-Oct2021-115x115.jpg "Further afield")
Further afield
Posted on October 31, 2021 | No CommentsThis weekend things have opened out, and we made the most of it. With our town’s vaccination rate at over 90% for two doses and 95% for one, we are […] -
![It’s the sixth week of quarantine/ lockdown. It’s been a good distraction to be so busy at work. The girls have enjoyed the relaxed timeframes with just a zoom lesson […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/garden-115x115.jpeg "Family, food and flowers")
Family, food and flowers
Posted on September 26, 2021 | No CommentsIt’s the sixth week of quarantine/ lockdown. It’s been a good distraction to be so busy at work. The girls have enjoyed the relaxed timeframes with just a zoom lesson […] -
![We had one day at Thredbo of our planned five, and then had to return home because there had been a COVID case in our town so Thredbo didn’t want […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/front-garden-1-1-115x115.jpg "Quarantine diary")
Quarantine diary
Posted on August 29, 2021 | No CommentsWe had one day at Thredbo of our planned five, and then had to return home because there had been a COVID case in our town so Thredbo didn’t want […] -
![Middle of winter, bleak and cold: the daytime temperature here has ranged from 6 to 11 degrees. Tokyo 2020 is a welcome distraction from the cold, the grind and the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gymnastics-IMG_5506-1-115x115.jpg "Tokyo 2020")
Tokyo 2020
Posted on July 25, 2021 | No CommentsMiddle of winter, bleak and cold: the daytime temperature here has ranged from 6 to 11 degrees. Tokyo 2020 is a welcome distraction from the cold, the grind and the […] -
![This year, the girls’ birthday coincided with the first day of their school camp. Rhea: When we went to camp, we went on a bus for three and a half […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_5374-2-115x115.jpg "Year Five Camp")
Year Five Camp
Posted on June 26, 2021 | No CommentsThis year, the girls’ birthday coincided with the first day of their school camp. Rhea: When we went to camp, we went on a bus for three and a half […]