Remember when you returned to school after the holidays and your teacher would tell you to sit down, shoosh up and write about what you just did? Well this is sort…
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I’m off to judge The Royal Melbourne Show craft entries today (Oh.My.GOSH!), but I wanted to pop in with a cute Netflix recommendation.…
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What colour to choose for the final day of A Week of Bookish Colour? It was a bit of a toss-up between red and orange, but in the end orange won…
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It’s YELLOW day in A Week Of Bookish Colour! Oh hurrah! When I looked up the feels that yellow brings, I found out that optimism, confidence, self-esteem, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness…
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In bookish colours today we are being blue. Perhaps you have had some practice at that, at some point in your life? It happens to the best of us.…
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Today, we shall be green! Despite previous misconceptions, it’s actually quite easy to be green. With this in mind, here is today’s dose of bookish (green) colour for your scrolling pleasure. I hope…
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If you know me (or sort of know me) you will know that I love colour. A lot. Like heaps. With this in mind, I thought it would be cute to…
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I was talking to kiddo and his friend about time capsule apartments/houses/shops the other day, and they thought it was super cool, so I thought… “I might post about that on my blog!”…
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If you have been reading my blog recently, you will know that I am writing a fiction-ish book. I don’t know if it’s a good book, but I am enjoying the…
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Sometimes I watch a show called Restoration Man while I’m doing my work. Well. I don’t watch watch it, but I have it on in the background and I catch glimpse…
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Here are some things I’ve been reading this week, in case you are looking for something to cast your eye over……
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Listen/Watch/Read Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeWords Matter: Some Ideas On Saying Stuff Without Being A Crap Person
Note: Discriminatory language is used – as examples of what not to say – in this piece. Words really, really do matter if you fancy going about life in a kind and compassionate…
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When I was kicking around on Instagram in the dead of night last week, I found a great account called Little Lit Book Series. Lucky for us, they’ve got an actual…
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Listen/Watch/Read Photography + Art + Design Pip-Life things I found outThings I Found Out: What A Swell Party This Isn’t. Thanks Pia Zadora.
In today’s episode of Things I Found Out (a new thing I am doing and may never do again!) we chat about one of the stories behind Iggy Pop and Debbie…
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Honestly, in a world gone mad, Foyle’s War is a make-believe-yet-historically-accurate welcome refuge. Do you know why? Here is why. Just watch it already.…
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Listen/Watch/Read Pip-Life Rad PeoplePS I’m Addicted To Online Advice Columns and BTW “We’re all great!”
Perhaps you were once like me, poring over the advice columns in teen magazines as though they may hold the very meaning of life, if only you sassily read between the…
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How Good Is/How Good Are? Remember how I was talking about those beautiful, rustic Japanese Minka homes the other day? Well I thought ‘why not talk about them a bit more,…
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How was your weekend?…
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Chaturday is a new thing I’m doing. It’s partly to record the scribbles on the little post-it note flags I keep putting in the books I’m reading. And it’s partly because…
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Hardie Grant sent me this ace book to share with you. How nice of them, right? Thanks HG! Eat This My Friend is a beautiful illustrated vegetarian cookbook by Jade O’Donahoo,…
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I love this photo of Joan Didion (below). It was taken by her daughter Quintana and later became the subject of heated correspondence between a reviewer and Joan’s husband, John Dunne,…
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I’m up to Chapter 22 in the Joan Didion biography I’m reading. That’s over half-way through. I’m reading at least one chapter each day, usually waking up at 5-ish, putting on…
