Claire Bidwell Smith

Juliette is a month old. Everyone says that time moves faster with the second, and they’re right. The first month of Vera’s life felt like a year, each day its own kaleidoscope of new beginnings for each of us. In contrast, Juliette has slid into the motion of our family the way the second hand Read more…

Here I am, coming up for air from the world of infantdom. All is well in the Boose household. We’ve had a barrage of friends and well-wishers in the last week since we’ve been home, as well as spending the weekend enjoying the last days of Greg’s parents being in town. Now it’s Tuesday and Read more…

There are stories we tell ourselves about our lives, some of them are true, some of them are kind-of-true. Often the big things end up as myths, fantastically, beautifully, kind-of-true tales that we once lived. They evolve over years, taking on different cadences and tones to suit our ever-evolving personas, as we move through life. Read more…

I tweeted yesterday that “Existing in the current sphere of my life feels akin to holding a difficult yoga pose: both affirming and torturous,” and it seemed that everyone assumed I was talking about being seven months pregnant, when in fact, I was not. I didn’t bother to correct the nurturing advice to eat more Read more…

A definite shift is occurring in my little part of the world. An internal turning, as only must happen when one is seven months pregnant. I’m alone in the house right now, for the first time in many days. It’s funny how used to not being alone, a person can become. Vera was on spring Read more…

It’s Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles and I just did a Google search to see what time it is in Melbourne. 9AM, apparently. Melbourne is where my Australian publisher is located and today is the launch of my book over there. I’ve been getting emails from readers with photos of the book in bookstores and Read more…

So much has been going on lately and it’s been hard to keep up. Most of it just has to do with juggling my normal life as a pregnant mom with all these books events and publicity. It’s a lot. I’m faring pretty well though. To illustrate, here are a jumble of thoughts, images & Read more…

It’s late on Monday night (well, late for me) and I’m sitting here thinking about this week and all that’s to come. My book comes out in three days. In four days I’m due to read from it in front of 50 or more people at Book Soup in Hollywood. In six days I fly Read more…

Yesterday I chased Vera around the back yard, taking pictures of her. Sometimes this feeling wells up in me and I am suddenly desperate to capture how beautiful she is in this moment. Her looks are ever-shifting these days and I know that each day will differ from the last. She laughed and ran all Read more…

Thanks to one of my lovely blog readers, I found out yesterday that my book is mentioned in the latest issue of Oprah magazine! I actually knew this was coming, but wasn’t sure when or in what capacity. But here it is, in all it’s brief glory: My book will officially be out two weeks Read more…