family life
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: A rest, then it’s down to serious business
October 23 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Trying times and a long to-do list
October 9 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: If motherhood were a sport, I’d be on Mount Olympus
August 21 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Entering the video game fray, then and now, with gusto
July 24 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: The biggest bairn’s birthday was a cracker after all
July 17 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: A moment that goes straight to the blunder board
July 10 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: There’s a day for everything, but what about days to yourself?
June 19 2021
FIONA ARMSTRONG: Mum is home. Hurrah!
June 14 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Eldest bairn has finished school forever. I can’t quite believe it.
June 12 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Things I’ve learnt during the global pandemic
May 29 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: When I can stand tall again and say ‘I survived’
May 22 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: It’s birthday season in our house. There are rituals. There is cake.
May 8 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Notes from the family blunder board
May 1 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: A week with some heart-stopping moments
April 10 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: It’s spring and a mum’s thoughts turn to cleaning frenzy
April 3 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: How can it be a year since I started writing this?
March 20 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: It’s just another manic Mum Day
March 6 2021
Babies of Lockdown: How life has changed for new parents over the past year
February 27 2021
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: A bit of snow is all white for a little while
February 20 2021
VIEW FROM HERE: Adulting? It gets a one-star rating from me
January 30 2021
A wedding anniversary, and time to put our lists in the bearded book
January 2 2021
VIEW FROM HERE: Eat, laugh and be chilled – we are in my house
December 26 2020
VIEW FROM HERE: Yahtzee, spotty pyjamas and a glorious family holiday
October 24 2020
VIEW FROM HERE: On a glorious family holiday with teens who KNOW it all
September 5 2020