This year, we had a summer so dry and hot that even the oldest Brits can’t remember ever experiencing anything like it. here wasn’t a drop of rain for weeks. The grass turned completely yellow and spiky everywhere, quite literally like straw. The fruit trees in our allotment didn’t bear many fruits, and when they […]

I came back home with my family from Poland, where we spent a two-week holiday. After a 25-hour non-stop drive, we finally reached our house, and I was shocked by how everything in the garden had dried up. The grass was yellow and covered with leaves from the surrounding lime trees, and the flowers were

Last week, the children and I met up with some friends at a nature reserve. The place was lovely, but it was close to the motorway, so there was a constant background noise. We sat by the lake while the children played joyfully. “It’s so beautiful here. I wonder what it would be like without

One sunny afternoon, I was playing a ball game in the garden with Aliya (7) and Marcel (9) when, suddenly, Aliya threw the ball at Marcel and it hit him hard in the chest. Rage rose in him within seconds, and he was just about to attack Aliya. He screamed and ran towards her like

I was watching videos of yoga teachers doing incredible things with their bodies last night, and I became tense. The thoughts started spinning in my head: “I can’t do those poses.” “Is it still ok for me to be a yoga teacher?” “There are so many yoga teachers who are better than me.” And then…