Oh hello YOU. How are you going? I am going okay. Things could be better, but by golly things could be so much worse so I am glad that I am okay. I had a few hard weeks, but…
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Listen/Watch/Read Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life Three Good Things
Let’s Play Three Good Things Thursday
Please note this post contains some affiliate links, which means if you buy anything I link to, I get a tiny commission. So know that! Gosh. Another week has rolled by and where the heck did it even go?…
(Don’t worry. I have finished my poetry unit! I’m doing short fiction now!) Here is my final poem – made from an earlier poem I revised. It’s about daydreaming and taking walks in the bushy park near my house…
Maybe you know I have been learning more about writing via Open Universities and studying at Curtin Uni (which is in my former stomping ground of WA)? Well I am and I love it. I must sound like an…
Feeling A Bit Sht Listen/Watch/Read When Life Is Not Peachy
The Good And The Bad Of It + A Friendly Mental Health Check In
Gosh. Skimming the media comes up with news about the pandemic – both good and bad – and the occasional story to lift our spirits. It’s so strange, isn’t it? Content note: Discussion of mental health From what I…
Well hello! I know it must seem like I have been awfully quiet, but behind the scenes I have accidentally been writing a book. I am 2 weeks into it and somehow magically 25,000 words have popped up ……
If you are a Killing Eve fan you are probably already pretty besotted with Villanelle, the Jodie Comer character. But perhaps you, like 2019 me, did not realise that a villanelle is also a TYPE OF POEM? Feeling utterly…
Hello! I know there are lots of concerns and pressures on people at the moment. The list is longer than my arm. And leg. And other leg. And other arm. I care about all those things and they are…
Guess what? My new book is done! I can’t quite believe it, but my work on it is totally finished as off about 15 minutes ago. It’s got a few more tiny tweaks to be done (by brilliant Murdoch Books…
Do you want to see some nice stuff? You’ve come to the right place, peach! Nice stuff for good people 1/ So honestly? I need a great colander. The ones I have are from the op shop and they are…
This is sort of like window shopping on the internet, really and I’m all for it. In fact, the internet sort of wrecked window shopping didn’t it? We used to go for a stroll and peek into shop windows…
On The Guardian they used to have a section for Comfort Reads. The sort of books you tucked into for their bolstering and trusty qualities. The sort that recalibrate and propel you into a place that makes you feel…
Oh dear lord. Gosh. I took ten days off in April and then I got so sick and I am only NOW on the mend WEEKS later, dear reader. I thoroughly DIS-recommend (actual made-up word) having asthma and pneumonia/pleurisy…
When I was in Year 11 I was at a new school. I had moved from the north west of Western Australia to Canberra with my family, and slotted into Stirling College knowing not a soul and being a…
Listen/Watch/Read Pip-Life
A Party Post With Bonus Falling Over, Chatty Bits & Random Recommendations
Here is a catch-up because I have been scribing and not writing here … and I have been missing blogging so much!…
Hello peaches! How are things? I have been kinda busy with work and writing my book. My deadline is a month away now, so it has been hard to find the time to do all the things I want, but…
I feel like I am always having a lot of feeeeelings here. So how about we just look at some good things instead?!…
Listen/Watch/Read Nature Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
The best books I read last year were by women writing about nature (and feelings)
When you’re going through a hard time, reading can be a total salve. Last year it was for me, at least. I was particularly weird about my book choices, mostly, setting myself the theme ‘Books written by women that…
Good morning, peaches! It’s a soggy day in Melbourne, perfect for a giant cup of coffee in bed and a bit of a cheer-filled blog.…
Feeling A Bit Sht Listen/Watch/Read Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
Feeling a bit sh*t? Here’s some good things to read!
How has your week been, peaches? Mine has been intense! If you’re in need of some good and ineresting things to help balance the tough stuff out, I have ideas!…
Feeling A Bit Sht Listen/Watch/Read Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
Feeling A Bit Sh*t? Read These Things
Want to spend some time online with a cup of coffee and three slices of delicious toast, but don’t want to risk dipping into too much negative stuff? (You can get back to that on Monday!) Here’s a few non-negative things I spotted which…
Hallo there. Gosh. It’s important NOT to ignore the news, but also it’s important to balance caring about and acting on current events with looking after your heart and brain so that you do not self-combust.…
What better thing to do on a sunny afternoon than stay inside with my computer and write a list?…
I listened to The Teacher’s Pet podcast last week in a marathon after work binge-listening session, and it of course raised many more questions and made me very sad for Lyn Dawson and her family and friends. It’s…
Do you need a wee pick me up? Or a short escape from concentrating on some pretty serious news issues of late? It’s ME to the rescue! Here are a few short things you might like to watch ……
Hallo! I’ve been doing a lot of work and not popping in here as much as I want to, so thanks for being so understanding of my busy-bee-ness!…
