Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life Taking Stock

Taking Stock … in June

June 28, 2021

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 a generous popcorn stitch and colourful yarn. It’s very snuggly and works up quick too! I’m also working on my mini granny blanket. I’m really trying to get stuck into my giant pile of crafty work-in-progresses and finish them off! Getting impatient to throw a bunch of…

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June 24, 2021

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 study and reading and trips to the shops and cooking and crocheting too. Last week I took a couple of long walks along the river, when it wasn’t QUITE so cold, and that was ace. So many people walk the paths there and it’s very close…

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Are you a sleep screw-up or ..?

June 11, 2021

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 I do. Once upon a time, I’d worry about the waking. I had read (and written about) the importance of a good night’s sleep. I’d lie there, way too comfy and cosy to be awake, and wonder what I was doing wrong, why I couldn’t succeed…

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Friday Night Lights: What to watch, make, read, eat, buy + do this weekend

May 28, 2021

Oh hello! What’s in store for your weekend? Maybe I have some bright ideas to throw into the mix?! I’ll be finishing a uni assessment and then that’s TWO more units ticked off. I start another two on Monday so there truly is no rest for the wicked. Also? If you are waiting for me to post a book (or more) to you, I am sorry to be slow! I’ll be sending them all out on Monday. If you’d like…

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May 20, 2021

A new-to-me flower-y couch from the City Mission Op Shop. It’s coming home on Saturday! Baked beans on toast (with a nice cup of tea!) An apple cake made from Huon Valley Granny Smiths. Chippy! Such a sweet snuggler. Gorgeous sunny days (mostly!) But very cold in the mornings. How are your days going, peach? x Pip…

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Friday Night Lights: What to watch, make, read, eat, buy + do this weekend

May 14, 2021

It’s been soooooo long since I wrote a Friday Night Lights, hasn’t it? Today seemed like a brilliant day to bring it back. Things have been such a lovely muddle since I moved but I am finally starting to feel a bit more settled and (hopefully) things are slowing down. You KNOW how much I like the slow life, perhaps? That’s the place I thrive in, write in, make in, potter in and generally feel the best in. Please send…

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tassie event: books, snacks and chats at The Bowmont

April 26, 2021

Well hello! Guess what?! I’m part of a very fun upcoming event with Sophie Hansen and Michelle Crawford at Michelle’s beautiful The Bowmont – aka The Bowie – building. Perhaps you’d like to come along and hear us talk about Sophie’s new book In Good Company as well as my new book Days Like These? I swear it’s going to be heaps of cosy, chatty fun and it’s actually the only event I’m doing for my book at this stage. Sophie,…

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things I’ve been enjoying

April 26, 2021

Hello champs! How are things with you? Are you okay? I hope so! Today I thought I’d tell you about some things that have been making my days ace. Because who doesn’t need ace-day-maker suggestions?! 1/ Readly This is not a sponsored mention, so fear not. I have been using an app called Readly to catch up on a few of my favourite magazines. It’s such a brilliant stress reliever to ‘flip’ through the pages and I have accumulated a…

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My favourite podcast is a delightful newbie!

April 14, 2021

Dear gosh. Thank you, dear reader, for not forgetting all about me. Life has been so busy with the move and various peaky days and then Easter and then my new book coming out. I have hardly had a moment to write here. This week, however, things are looking quieter. Only three interviews (!) and all my uni assessments are done (for now!) So let’s get on with it and talk … podcasts! (I accidentally wrote podcat there at first…

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The one about advice during sad times …

March 29, 2021

A little note for people who are enduring a rough patch: The advice. Land sakes. It will roll in like some freakishly giant wave, with you a tiny person clinging to a life preserver, ill equipped for the conversation that lies ahead and even more ill equipped for the sneaky whiplash this chat will give you. When someone is in trouble, people get distressed and they want to help. It’s brilliant. What’s not brilliant is that difficult life situations are…

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Nice Life Reminders Pip-Life Taking Stock

Taking Stock: March 2021

March 12, 2021

Hello pals, Perhaps it’s time to catch our breath and take stock of where we are at right this minute? I think so. Here I go ..! Taking Stock Making: the most of the sunny Autumn days … such a perfect time of year! Cooking: cheesy toast PLUS the delicious tomato jam from Stephanie’s Seasons (with my mum!) and lots of other things for my fam. Getting: Ready for my new book to come out! Sipping: white wine/Bitter Lemon spritzes…

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Book Club Chat: Cider With Rosie

March 2, 2021

If you joined our book club you most likely have started reading Cider With Rosie (with me!) I have to admit I’m reading slowly. There is a LOT going on in world at the moment. I’ve started a new study term and I’m about to start a new part-time contact job and I’m doing all sorts of things to get my new digs and garden just the way I like it. Perhaps your life is a bit of a jumble…

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Pip’s Book Club: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

February 18, 2021

Maybe you might like to be part of a book club with me? And we could read Cider With Rosie which I’ve JUST started reading it for the first time! Cider With Rosie is a memoir by the late Laurie Lee and appears to be very, very beautifully written. It details Lee’s childhood in the very pretty English Cotswolds region. You can see the house he lived in with his mother and six siblings here. Apparently it was bought and then…

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