Diary of a Housewife

I began my Diary of a Housewife cartoon series in 2015 when I was pregnant with our first child. We now have two daughters and these are all the blog posts and cartoons I’ve done about parenting and being pregnant in reverse chronological order.

  • School Strikes for Climate

    In my head I make a lot of impassioned speeches. In person, not so much, and I really need to change that and actually talk to my friends about this stuff. For all I know they are thinking it too, just no one wants to say it aloud and make it real, because then we’d Read more

  • The plum

    The plum

    I drew sketches of these cartoons or wrote down little snippets of ideas for them during the first couple of years of our daughter’s life, but have only just had the time to ink and paint them (she’s nearly 4 now) : Read more

  • Brussels Childbirth Trust

    Brussels Childbirth Trust

    Kerry, one of the local community group leaders for the Brussels Childbirth Trust is sadly moving abroad. As part of her leaving present I drew her a cartoon of her and her family in the Grand Place:  This is how most of our local coffee morning group meetings go. Rice crackers are indispensable.   Read more

  • Her first words

    Her first words

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  • Napkin struggles

    Napkin struggles

    Someone needs to invent a special pregnancy napkin. Or I suppose I could just wear a bib. Read more

  • Fielding advice on pregnancy and parenting

    Fielding advice on pregnancy and parenting

    There is so much advice and information out there on pregnancy, labour and parenting that it is overwhelming, and everybody has a different opinion. Cue brain meltdown if you try to listen to it all, so I’m going for a state of blissful impartiality and procrastination over decision making on every subject instead. Read more

British cartoonist/artist living in Brussels with self diagnosed eco-anxiety.

I’m a former sustainability consultant with an engineering background, now rat race escapee who likes to draw cartoons about environmental issues and family life. I also dabble in painting cityscapes.

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If you’re interested in collaborating with me on an environmental cartoon: lescapeartiste@gmail.com