The other day Keira and I were watching a cooking show filmed in India. So there were lots of shots of crowded markets and lovely tropical vistas. There were also, understandably, a few shots of untethered cattle roaming the streets. Keira: Why are they letting the cows walk around in the city? Me: Because in…
Picture this: You’ve just run the bath. Your eldest has just sat down in the water; your youngest – who sat on the toilet and declared (rightly) that “’nuffin came out” – has just stepped in behind. You turn your back to grab a towel only to hear the distinct sound of the healthy urine…
For Adam’s birthday present this year, I gave him a voucher to go rally car racing. He ended up going just this past weekend, with a good friend of his who taped this little piece of film. I was very impressed with the speed he got up until I was informed this was his “Hot…
Two weeks ago I went to a Naturopath and paid over a hundred dollars for her to tell me information I already knew. (Sidenote: I feel there will always be hope for the world economy when there are people like me – tired, body-sore and soul-stretched – who are willing to toss money over in…
To be honest, I’m not having much fun with NaBloPoMo this year. I don’t know why; perhaps it’s because this week I’ve started getting emails again of the “You call yourself a writer? Then how about you clean up your grammar?” variety. Which, on one hand, hooray! It’s been a while since the narks have…
Books recently bought: Dracula by Bram Stoker The Mind of Your Story : discover what drives your fiction by Lisa Lenard-Cook 2009 Children’s, Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (US version, 21st ed) Books recently borrowed: The Believers by Zoe Heller Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Books recently abandoned: The…
…in a practical kind of way. There’ll be one on turning cat furballs into something functional out there somewhere, guaranteed.
When we remember the fallen.
I enjoy this time of year. I enjoy sitting down to write Christmas cards to my family and friends. I don’t know if it’s the exuberance and hope of this week surrounding the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, but I am really looking forward to this holiday season. To go…
