Let’s get the ROW80 business over first then I can share with you an delightful find. My writing is progressing in fits and starts but the first short story is almost drafted. The two books arrived from the editor for me to review so I’ve started perusing them and testing/trying out some of the new … Continue reading »
ANZAC Day and ROW80 checkin
Anzac Day is a national holiday in Australia so we’ve been quietly pottering around as a family mostly. I made ANZAC Biscuits this morning and later we went to a textile exhibition at the Hobart Botanical Gardens. The Australian War Memorial has a good explanation of what ANZAC day is. Early in my life it … Continue reading »
Taking the Plunge – ROW 80
I’m starting this ROW80 challenge a few weeks into the round after reading S.J. Dricoll’s happy post last week. Over time I’ve become wary of too much goal setting – I found the ground kept shifting and I’d end up disappointed that “nothing” was achieved or I’d decided that it was a silly goal in the first … Continue reading »
The Secret to Success--Quitting
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog: Want to know the secret to success? Quitting. Yes, you heard me correctly. And, if you’re a creative professional, it is in your interest to learn to get really good at quitting. Maybe you’ve felt like a loser or a failure, that your dream to make a living with your … Continue reading »
Fabulous Folding Part 2
Now you are all experts at folding T-shirts lets move on to the next lesson – the dreaded fitted sheet. I was shown this technique quite a few years ago. It was pre just about everything digital (you remember the internet in the 1990′s?), so I promptly forgot how to do it. However, after years … Continue reading »
Playing Catch Up
The past fortnight has been a delightful time-out-of-time. With an elderly house guest I was fully occupied doing activities which involved him. This left minimal computer access time for me, and only my phone to keep me connected and reading the blogs of my friends. As it’s autumn here we went into the garden harvesting … Continue reading »
Keyboard or Keybored
Yes, I know this is another video but . . . I had a delightful encounter on Twitter this morning. It turns out that Joshua is not just a writer but a Shakespearean actor. He noticed that I played the Celtic Harp and made a comment about Jimmy Page so I shared the following video. … Continue reading »
Crumpled mess or flat perfection – your choice
I thought I could fold a T-shirt before I saw this video. My method involved dropping the crumpled mess into someone else’s pile for them to deal with it. Not any more. Oh no. I’m spectacular. I even fold tee shirts for pleasure! And here’s an English version So have you … Continue reading »
Can you eat oysters?
This is the beach where my grandparents lived – where I spent every school holiday for years – summer, autumn and winter. It is where my mother taught me to open oysters. We’d walk along the beach to the rocks on the point and sit there just above the waterline, feet dangling in the water, little … Continue reading »
Snakes alive – too right
Instead of doing the traditional barbie or going to the beach on our National Day Off (aka Australia Day) - I headed into the bush with my husband for a spot of geocaching. It was hot, it was dry, it was uphill, I was very wary that snakes would be about. It was so much … Continue reading »
