How about a little bit of a check in? A bit of a catch up? A spot of thing-sharing? I’m very much in the mood for it and perhaps you might be too? Let me know if you join in! There’s a blank list at …
Taking Stock: In October
Distracted? Thought-provoking books can help!
At the best of times I am a self-interrupter, but during the pandemic my distracted urges developed to Olympic level. I was quite the athlete, reader. For some reason I wasn’t able to stay on task for more than 10 minutes before I needed to check …
Seams Legit: Margaret Atwood and the Crafty Lives of Modern Writers
Many writers find creative flow away from the keyboard, too … Once upon a time, writer Margaret Atwood sat aboard an icebreaker in the Arctic Circle knitting, with some difficulty, a great auk in shades of black, mauve and blue. The bird became extinct in …
Prams and Pokémon and Puffins and Peanut Butter Sandwiches
When my kids were small, we lived for a while in a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs. It was owned by a former AFL footballer. His investment property, it would seem. The house had been renovated in the ‘80s and featured more than its …
14 cute and fashionable patterns that’ll have you dusting off the sewing machine
(Okay, maybe you’ve already dusted off your machine long ago! Or maybe you use it all the time? I understand. It’s just a headline, you know?!) I’ve been scouting around for fashionable looks from independent pattern companies, and let me tell you, there are a …
There’s safety in a bowl of spaghetti
How nostalgic foods are soothing Melbourne’s pandemic pain As Melbourne’s second lockdown kicked in, I found myself standing at my kitchen bench, considering the newly imposed curfew, battling competing waves of sadness and numbness. There was only one sensible response to this worrying development, it …
The Mentoring Post
Oh hello there! A few people have asked me whether I would consider mentoring them lately … and to be perfectly honest I would LOVE TO but I am feeling a bit frazzled in the brain, and worried I would disappoint them. There is a …