Look. Let’s face it. I have not been doing a lot of things as my health has been down the crapper and I’ve been spending a lot of time on bedrest. THAT SAID I’ve…
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Maybe you know that my boys’ dad died in June? His memorial was in July and I can’t tell you how much it meant to have a bunch of friends and family turn up…
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Today, I was at the local grocery shop checkout. It’s at the back of the store and is used by people who park in the adjacent rear carpark, beyond the wonky automatic door. I…
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Oh my goodness we moved again. We somehow managed to move from Tasmania back to Melbourne in a jumble of logistics and false starts and sleepless nights. Now we are back. Back in a…
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While so many abandoned blogging for the simplicity of social media, a heap of people are still committed to this self-defined, flexible and algorithm-free form of journalling. In fact, it looks to me like…
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Is one of your favourite things about reading fiction to do with the food described in books? If so, then you are A LOT like me. I’ve written a little bit about this on…
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How about a little check in and check up? I think it’s a very good idea … Taking Stock Making: A cardigan. This one, in fact. I am loving knitting it up, even though…
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If someone were to ask you what you wanted gift-wise, what would be the thing you can never have to many of? For me, it’s large Moleskine journals, nice pens and bookshop gift cards.…
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I’ve been doing a shirt-load of cooking since I moved back to Tassie. My standard dishes are different here, partly because I have two grown-up kiddos living with me and partly because the food…
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A little over a year ago it would have been impossible to imagine the world we live in now. We were humming along with our pre-COVID lives, many of us quite certain that pandemics…
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Remember this series? I didn’t. I forgot allllll about it. What a goose I am. Let’s revisit it? Let’s bring it back?! + Something To Cook Jen Limmm’s wontons. Oh. My. Gosh. Yes. +…
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What better thing is there to do for one’s wellbeing than to pause and notice who you are and what you do and why you do it? Taking Stock Making a puffy scarf with…
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The days are so chilly and short, aren’t they? I’ve started serving dinner at 5pm, an unheard of thing but a welcome one (and better for the evening digestion!) Life has been full of…
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Very often, I wake in the night. I’m not sure if it’s because of my age, my brain, my hormones or a heady mix of all of the above, but wake in the night…