Little Xanthe was born early Thursday morning and took us all by surprise for being a girl. (The nurse operating a recent scan had suggested mother and father look away at a certain point if they didn’t want to know the sex of the baby, and well, after that we all assumed one thing… ) […]

Great is the joy at discovering the moths had not feasted on these baby shawls. Made nearly 40 years ago by by first husband’s grandmother before she fell and fractured her wrist – which put paid to the knitting – they tumbled out of the least careful of packing as springy and bouncy of stitch […]