You may know that I launched this blog back in 2006 and it’s been humming along very nicely since then. While the blog has remained much the same, the online world has shifted dramatically. To put it mildly. A few years…
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Remember that rice salad recipe I was talking about yesterday? Well here it is! In case you are in the mood for rice salad. This is based on a recipe my mother-in-law Duré used to make, with some additional…
I just watered my plants and do you know what I thought? I thought “go and write a blog post you lazy sod”. So here I am with a November-style edition of my favourite join-the-dots update … Taking Stock!…
Not all good food has to be green and crunchy*, now does it? Sometimes there is nothing better than something comforting and carbohydrate-laden instead. These jaffles are just that. You can make up the mixture and treat yourself to a…
It’s such a rainy day here. After two or three very hot days in a row the cool change came through and it has been bucketing down since the exact moment I pulled my car onto the freeway on…
This is one of my favourite comfort recipes. It’s quick to make and makes four generous serves which at my house means there’s plenty of leftovers for breakfast or lunch or dinner the next day! You can make this…
There has been so much going on in my world that I have been too tired to pop in here, but it’s a very quiet and rainy Saturday morning … and that’s one of the best time to write…
Well hallo there! How has your weekend been? I have been a bit poorly, so I made a plan to begin a cute thing called Hook & Look. The hook part of the thing is self explanatory – a…
For me, noticing the good things – however tiny – has been a sort of hook into the world when I had been feeling like I was drifting. Believe it or not, the very good Bahn Mi shop or…
Feeling A Bit Sht Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
Feeling A Bit Sht? Here are some non-sht things that might prove bolstering
Feeling a bit shit? Well maybe some of these things will make you feel a wee bit less so? I honestly hope so. 1/ The pink robin lives in the south-east of Australia (i.e. where I live!) and I have…
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…
Hello cutie patooties! I just wanted to check in to tell you what I have been up to, in case it’s the sort of thing you fancy being up to, too! Rin and I went down to Venus Bay…
When I was 18 I fell in love and got pregnant. I suppose I was meant to be horrified, but really the idea of having a little family loomed large and seems like a good idea. I had left…
I have been a bit quiet here. My day job is on the computer writing, writing, writing – and it’s a bit over 40 hours a week. So sometimes that means that I want to be far from the…
How about we talk about some nice stuff? Just in case you fancy snapping something up for yourself or a good friend / dear family member? Let’s do that! 1/ Firstly a thank you to Sonya from SOHMO who…
Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
The (grown-up) kids and I took a little beach break. Here’s what happened!
Last weekend I was lucky enough to take a four day break and head to Venus Bay with my kiddos. It’s the first time I have headed off somewhere with them all as an independent lady … and it was even nicer than…
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…
And look, who am I to judge, maybe these things are for bad people too ……
Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
More than meets the eye: babies have life-long, shape-shifting superpowers
Babies. Oh my goodness. They possess your body (in either a way that you are okay with or a way that is disconcerting or both) and then bust their way out, one way or another.…
I recently read a comment on something that talked about how the internet has driven us to celebrate and live in extremes more than ever – and that might not be a good thing. And that observation made a…
Feeling A Bit Sht Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life
Bumper Edition: Feeling A Bit Sh*t? These Stories Might Make You Feel A Bit Better
It’s time for everybody’s some people’s one of my favourite things – Feeling A Bit Shit! Let’s face it, the news is so very often less that bolstering, so why not wade through some things that are a bit…
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…
