These flowers, whatever their Latin name, grow on the boundary of Keira’s school. They’re honey flowers, she told me one day. You suck the sweetness out. Everyone does it. She anticipated my objection It’s not dangerous, try it. So I did, one fine day in the holidays when we were visiting the playground I turned…
About two months ago I found myself in a sound-proof chamber, the size of which would’ve given Houdini a challenge to escape; though I suppose it was an improvement to the one I was in previously with prison cell dimensions. In this newer chamber I could rub my cheeks against the bumpy egg carton-like padding in…
I really should change that title to say, ‘Writing her first short story for a competition’. Keira has been coming home for a while now with ‘learning stories’ written in class, which have basically been re-counts of what they’ve done on certain special curriculum days. I thought this was her first attempt, but I could be…
He might be bored and want to be elsewhere, as we wait for the kids to finish playing at the park, but at least his doodles in the tan bark remain happy.
I had a relatively smooth transition into daylight savings this year. I think I’ve struck on a successful tactic – conserve all energy the day prior; otherwise called – sit on your backside reading, in between checking in on the score of the AFL Grand Final 2.0. My team won: go Pies! etc. Even Keira…
It’s been a while since my last Thrifty Thursday installment and there are two very good reasons for this: 1) I haven’t been shopping much 2) The second-hand offerings have been poor when I have managed to go. This is what can happen at op-shops, of course. Then at other times you have a great…
I’m flitting between books at the moment. I’m reading Franzen’s Freedom on the Kindle – an experience I’ll devote an entire post to at some point. Thanks to electronics I can honestly record that I am 37% of the way through, which is a more accurate way than guesstimating: “Oh, I’d say I’m about in…
I’ve been wanting to block out some time for a blogging brainstorm/thinkover for 2011 and everybody I’ve mentioned the idea to has said, “That sounds great! Let me know if you go ahead with it, I’d like to join you.” It’s not 100% set in stone yet but I can book a local (Eltham) meeting…
From this: To this: I have no idea when she drew this. I was going through one of my writing/notetaking books the other day (the same one Keira has claimed as her own) and I was flicking through the pages when this little dancer popped up before my eyes. It could be months old. I…
