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…
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…
Mostly I have been spending time sitting at the kitchen table these days. It’s bright and I love working and making stuff in the heart of the house. I have an Echo Show that I boss about demanding to…
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…
Some of us (cough!) are finding it a wee bit hard to focus on good things right now … but those are the times when the good-thing-finding are most important, don’t you think? We’re a little bit over a…
How about a few fun/fancy things to brighten your day? I think it’s a good idea … Kids’ drawings made into rugs? Okay! This is such a great story! This lady’s cats wandered around the vase for years! Rare…
Perhaps you, like me, have a copy of The Artist’s Way? I was watching Russell Brand’s channel this morning and happened upon an interview he did with that book’s author, Julia Cameron. She was talking about her famous ‘Morning…
Let’s play Three Good Things! Here are mine … 1/ Michelle Obama has a new podcast (on Spotify) and in the very first episode she interviews her husband. I really liked listening to this and especially loved Michelle’s plea…
Any time I share photos of my crochet work, a lotta, lotta, lotta of people ask me what yarns and colours I use. To be honest I just pick up yarn from the op-shop, discount shops and craft shops,…
We’re in Stage 3 restrictions in Melbourne, which is honestly the least we can do to help get this virus under control and honour those who have lost their lives or become unwell. That said, many of us are…
I am scraping in by the skin of my teeth with Three Good Things Thursday. I missed last week due to being highly disorganised so I am most certainly not going to miss this week. Nup. Nah. Nope. My…
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?…
If you’ve read my latest book or follow me on social media (and golly it’s totally FINE if you haven’t and don’t!) you might know that I am a fan of the Three Good Things practice. If you are…
images – left via and right via Hello … how are you going? I am going okay. Nervous and good and worried and fine. Perhaps you feel a bit the same? I am lucky enough to still have a…
Well hello! I have been a bit quiet here because I am eyeball-deep in writing my new book. Once I have delivered my manuscript I will have more time to do other things … like write here, do my…
(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…
Hello, peaches! You know what time it is? It’s time to take stock! If you haven’t ever done this, maybe today is the day to do so? You could just grab a notebook and get started? Or tap your…
I know. So many POEMS. I am just really loving trying to write poems! #SorryNotSorry ALSO? I am also writing a BRAND NEW BOOK! I have been commissioned by Murdoch Books to write a book about looking after your…
When I was a kid one of the most comforting things we’d have for a rainy day lunch or after school snack was soup. By soup, I mean canned soup. We’d cleverly combine a tin of tomato soup with…
This is the zero bad news, not one single upsetting or sad thing edition that we all need. I am feeling chipper and light today after a lovely, rainy early morning walk, so let’s focus on chipper and light things?…
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 ……
What a difference a couple of months makes. Last time I wrote a Taking Stock post I had no clue of the global upheaval that lay ahead. I am grateful that I have been well throughout this pandemic and…
Look, it’s been a while since I’ve done Feeling A Bit Sh*t, partly because things have been sh*t for so many people and it’s not something to be made light of. And partly because I have been distracted. But…
Welcome to today’s episode of Don’t & Delight! I hope you are managing okay during these strange days. Don’t – Take Your Yeast Privilege For Granted I love baking. I always have. The older I get, the more skills…
In case you didn’t know, a bunch of us have been crocheting a bit of a no-brainer blanket together and sharing our work on Instagram. The project is called the Easy Peasy Blanket aka #EPBlanket and it’s a fun…
Here’s a little thing I’ve been writing. It’s called Don’t and Delight. One cautionary tale and one cheery one, rolled up into one post … Let’s do this! Let’s start with the ‘worst’ first and end on a high…
