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Author: helenlouisechandler

I am a writer and mum, living in East London with my husband, young daughters and two cats. My novels 'Two for Joy' and 'To Have and to Hold' are published by Hodder and Stoughton.
April 5, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Guest blog: William in lockdown

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Home Sweet Home? – Day Ten

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Home Sweet Home? – Day 3

March 18, 2020 helenlouisechandler

Home Sweet Home? – Day Two

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Home, sweet home? – Day One

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Is there a word for the token slices of cucumber and halved cherry tomatoes we put on the side of the plate in order to kid ourselves that the frozen pizza supermarket we feed our children on a Friday night is a balanced and wholesome meal?
Public service announcement: drizzly, February, home-schooling, lockdown Mondays can be dramatically improved by the baking (and eating) of a clementine cake.
Handpainted Valentine's card for my beloved this year. Rather proud of my resourceful make do and mend approach to the shops being shut. I will be making my own clothes and growing my own cabbages before we know where we are. Thank you to @jenniemaizels for the sketchbook club tutorial.
There are definitely days when the daily mid morning walk my 6yo needs to get her through the online learning feels more penance than pleasure. We have walked round our neighbourhood SO many times now.
We used our morning break to come and feed the ducks. However, the ducks clearly hadn't got the memo because they didn't show up. So we fed this lone swan instead.
Husband has taken the kids for a cycle ride today, so I got to take my daily outdoor exercise BY MYSELF. I know. Exciting times. I walked down some different streets to the normal daily round we do, and passed local places I haven't been to for months. The cafe I used to take the kids after swimming lessons. The YMCA where my eldest used to have gymnastics classes (in fact that's where she was when Boris announced the first lockdown). I feel slightly discombobulated by now normal life was then, and how utterly weird it is now, and how hard it is to imagine the weirdness ever being over. My 6yo burst into tears this week, mid live Google Classroom, and sobbed that she just wants things to be back to normal. I know how she feels. Saw some nice street art, though.

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