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Cup-filling moments in real-life January
Snapshots from life lately.
Nathalie Marquez Courtney
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A Nollaig na mBan Mother Nourishment Circle
My buddy Maeve is a special kind of human. Warm, giving, generous and just so authentically herself. I recently heard the phrase “We don’t make friends, we recognize them” and this was very much my experience meeting Maeve. By day, she heads up Music Connects, an amazing organisation who
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Is this thing still on?
“You are a museum of everything you have ever loved.” - via Well, for a while there it wasn't. This blog, my teeny tiny digital garden had very much gone to seed. For a variety of reasons, it has been offline for a couple of years, but now,
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Everything I've been reading on Hamnet
I went to see Hamnet last week with some mama friends and I've been thinking and reading about it ever since. The new film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, it's a beautiful and brilliant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2000 book of the same name,
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On loss, estrangement and the death of a brilliant man
“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.” — L.M. Montgomery My father died this week. I didn’t know him as I should have – my parents split when I was seven, when we left Mexico and came to Ireland, so contact over the years
Celebrations
Spring Crafts
April, a time for blossoms, feeding the birds and sweet spring crafts.
The Coral Beach
So many hermit crabs!
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The Kid Edit
Cute easter bits, a favourite snack hack, plus what I'm searching for on Vinted.
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7 Things Filling My Cup Right Now
Plus a new hot sauce obsession.
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Hello from the other side
Galway tacos, home re-jigging and a new reading habit.
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September snapshots
Camping with kids, a new TV obsession and a genius way to create a minimalist phone experience 🏕️ We spent a glorious few days with friends camping in Clifden at this lovely campsite. Our first, but likely not out last. 📺 Currently hooked on Mr & Mrs Smith. Slick, funny and fun.
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July snapshots
Cute kid walkie talkies, tasty Galway tacos, a fab podcast for print lovers and a mid-year check-in. 📳 We recently got Ari these fun little walkie talkies and I've been pretty impressed by their range and ruggedness. 📝 Loving Susannah Conway's (free!) mid-year check in workbook. 🌮 Galway taco