W tym roku mieliśmy lato tak suche i gorące, że nawet najstarsi Brytyjczycy nie pamiętają, żeby kiedykolwiek doświadczyli czegoś podobnego. Przez wiele tygodni nie spadła ani kropla deszczu. Trawa wszędzie całkowicie pożółkła i stała się kłująca, dosłownie jak słoma. Drzewa owocowe na naszej działce nie urodziły wielu owoców, a te, które się pojawiły […]

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…