I officially finished up at the Emerging Writers’ Festival yesterday. I wrote about how I feel about that over on their blog, so if you’d like to pop over, by all means. I’ll wait here until you get back. Anyway, so in the weeks leading up to my departure I kept getting asked if I…
1. Sleep? What sleep? 2. You’re exhausted, but still trying to be emotionally supportive to your child. Which is lovely, kudos to you, but you’ve also got to check you’re not coming across like this… 3. When kids send in their drawings to television shows and they’re never shown and you need to manage…
The crowd surged forward, twitching and eager to get going. But we had to wait for a little while longer, at least until the elite wave got the starter’s gun. At least I felt more sheltered from the cold conditions; as more and more runners arrived, we were getting pressed closer and closer together. I…
… Monday. (Playing with Paper again.)
Towards the end of April we got a bowl of olives from the massive – and gorgeous – tree that borders our property and our neighbour’s. Those of you who follow me on Instagram will have already seen how they were prepared. This was the week when they were supposed to ready to eat. As the…
I’m quite embarrassed to admit this, but I still haven’t made a Will. I’ve mentioned this point a few times over the years and you’d think this might’ve been enough to spur me into action. Alas, no. It appears I’m not alone in this situation: statistics show that 55 per cent of Australian parents with…
[KAREN bounds into the room, full of energy.] Karen: So, hey, I have this idea for a post where we could write a couple of quiz questions, thus revealing how much (or little) we know about the other and will – hopefully – be reasonably amusing and entertaining to boot. [Hands over a pad and…
Tired. So very post-festival tired. More than last year, I think. I had grand plans of jumping back into writing/blogging (and I have a deadline, in fact), but instead I’ve been doing a fair bit of staring into the middle distance. Listening to upbeat music to push through the energy slump. I’ll be back to…
