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A recipe book for those who want practical, healthy recipes with a scoop of imagination and a sprinkle of the whimsical.  The cookbook is merrily interspersed with poems and quirky illustrations. I had a great time interviewing Poppy – from her worst cooking failure to her best cooking hack (hint:...

5 Easy Ways to Design a Nursery: So it Stays Loved For Years! Ahhh, the perfect nursery.   We have watched movies, scrolled through Instagram shots, read picture books with children playing in the quintessential bedroom.  Pregnant with abundant hormones, nothing seems too much for the baby, from an elephant grass...

The “Yes Space” – Freedom For All! What is a “Yes Space?” The ‘yes space’ seems to be an American phrase. Think of it like the safe space in therapy, but in your house and for kids.  I actually think it’s Janet Lansbury, of “No Bad Kids” book fame, who...

Last week was National Vegetarian Week.  It’s interesting that the veggies get a week when women only get a day but if that week persuades my children to eat their greens, it probably deserves the extra 6 nights and a spa hotel!   The truth is, I am in a...

Brick by Brick: Danish Father beats Lego ® in race to build eco-plastic blocks Steven van Bommel, a Dutch Father, has achieved what the toy giant Lego publicly set out to do – create sustainable building blocks with the “clutch power” of the infamous petroleum based plastic Lego - with...