My great-grandfather grew up in England, but found himself living in New Zealand and later, Tasmania and Victoria. He had a particular love of the natural world, and it seemed to…
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I’m well and truly growing up and this morning I was thinking about things that I’ve learnt along the way and I thought – maybe some of these could be helpful…
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Look. I made another one of these recordings and I don’t even know what I’m doing here ……
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Spices are tricky aren’t they? The storage of them, I mean.…
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It’s back. The terribly produced podcast you didn’t know you needed. Yup. Fifteen minutes of me pretending to talk to you on the phone, with links and chatter here, to follow…
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Nice Life Reminders Partnerships Photography + Art + Design Pip-LifeHow To Capture Ideas And Things To Do – And Make Them Happen
This post is in partnership with Milligram: The good folk at Milligram invited me to choose some things from their shop and write about the ones I most liked, so that is what I…
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I know, I know. Podcasts are meant to have fancy music and be edited and tell a story masterfully. My PipCast does none of that. What it DOES have is a platypus,…
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What else would I be doing early on a Friday morning, I ask you?! It seems like a good time to check in on the year, so far. It’s A LONG chatty…
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This morning I went for a walk by the Yarra, in my relentless quest to see a platypus or two. I did not see a platypus, but a man told me…
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Okay. I have TWO quite similar potato curries that I make. One is in my book – Craft For The Soul – and it’s the OG Potato Curry I am family-famous…
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You can be anything and do anything and own anything now, because we have the internet. Hazaaaa!…
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Craft For The Soul Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeBolstering, Sensible Life Advice, On The Last Day Of The Year
It’s the last day of 2017 and on the cusp of a mysterious new year, I thought it would be good to share some tips on how to have nicer times.…
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My old car didn’t even have a stereo in it. It had a hopeful gap where the stereo should have been. It also had some other amazing and unique features, including…
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Let’s do a little backward dance and think about what’s been going on, before the month whirls crazily into holiday season proper and we’re all rendered overwhelmed and (even more) tired…
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Creative Business Listen/Watch/Read Pip-LifeGood Stuff With Frankie Magazine (+ A Frankie Podcast Ep About ME!)
Oh hi! Did you know the Frankie Good Stuff Awards have launched for a second year? It’s true. They have. They’re a great initiative aimed at sniffing out clever creative types,…
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Eat Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeSometimes It’s Good To Feed Your Feelings With A Little Rhubarb Hug
When I was a kid, there were quite a few things we used to have for breakfast. They’re not really the kinds of things I eat anymore because my tastes are…
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Etsy Photography + Art + Design Pip-LifeYou Probably Actually Need This ‘The Breakfast Club’ Claire Doll
Perhaps you didn’t know you needed a The Breakfast Club doll? I didn’t know I needed one. Now I can’t stop thinking about this one. Wanting things is weird like that,…
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Today is the day Australia’s (insensitive, backward and ill-conceived) Same Sex Marriage Postal Vote result will be announced. In around three hour’s time.…
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Softies For Mirabel is our world-famous handmade toy drive to benefit the children (and carers) The Mirabel Foundation supports. …
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Craft For The Soul Nice Life Reminders Pip-LifeWhat to do when your feels go haywire because times are tough
So. If you have been reading for a while, you might know that things have been a bit fraught for me of late. Despite my chipper exterior blog feels, my life…
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Let’s Take Stock because the month is nearly over and it’s a good time to think about where we’ve been, right?!…
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Listening might seem easy. It might feel like we’ve been doing it all our lives (which we have of course!) But when someone is feeling a bit sh*t and needs to…
