Archive - helen hayward home work

‘Our mind doesn’t have a back-space key,

Jul 4 •

June 2025

wintering at home

Over the years, I’ve spoken to scores of people about the ins and the outs of their home life.

Jun 20 •

‘The beginning is mostly luck, the ending is mostly choices’. James Clear

Jun 7 •

May 2025

long quiet river

I could wait for the dust to settle, for more leaves to fall.

May 16 •

These last few weeks, I’ve been trying to meet a deadline for a writing project I’ve been working on, off and on, for ten years.

May 5 •

April 2025

the school of wife

It’s a crisp autumn morning, not a time of day I’d even consider doing what I’m about to admit to.

Apr 17 •

March 2025

I first heard Mel Robbins speak when she was promoting her book, ‘The 5-Second Rule’. At that time, I was struggling with getting teenagers out the door…

Mar 31 •

‘D’you know that film star in all them old movies, back in the 70s?’ Steve asked me one morning, as he swigged from the mug of black tea I’d just made…

Mar 8 •

February 2025

meetings with myself

On a wall at home I have a framed line drawing of two heads in profile.

Feb 22 •

on not traveling

It happened slowly.

Feb 7 •

January 2025

Six months ago, an old friend from London messaged me to say that she’d be in Tassie with her husband in January, and might we catch up?

Jan 25 •

the alice munro problem

When I was in my late twenties, I was asked to write a short biography of the writer Katherine Mansfield, a leg-up from a mentor to garner me…

Jan 18 •

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