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One little word: August
I am pretty good at exercising gratitude in my life. I know that I live an immensely privileged existence, and I don’t take that for granted. But I’ve been taking stock of a whole bunch of big things...
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Personalised kid-made cards, with a special giveaway!
I love my papercraft. Few things make me feel happier or more content than playing with pretty paper, scissors, stickers, washi… And recently, Arty has shown a distinct interest in joining in. He’ll...
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Mama reads: Motherhood & Creativity, The Divided Heart , by Rachel Power
The project that Rachel Power sets out on with this book is one that has been preoccupying me for some time: finding out how creative mothers manage to balance the conflicting demands of their art and...
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Mama’s Miscellany
Hello, lovelies! I hope the week has been kind to you. I’ve been busy with the usual routine, and recording it with Week in the Life. I decided to use one of my ‘real’ cameras this time, which has been...
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Vanilla malt cupcakes
The other week I made Joy the Baker’s salty and malty rice krispie treats to bring along to a D&D session with my mates, and had to buy a tin of malted milk powder for the recipe. The almost-full...
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What’s in my bag? (30 days of lists blog hop)
On a scale of one to ten, how messed up would your life be without lists? Mine would be at about a 12. I am pathologically incapable of storing important information in my head, or retrieving it in a...
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Week In the Life, 2015
I decided to take a “three Cs” approach to Week In The Life this year: calm, cruisy, and conscientious. This meant not stressing about photographing every single detail of every day (in fact, on...
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Mama’s Miscellany
Hello, again! We made it to the weekend! Yay! It’s been a big week this week, one of the highlights of which was Wear It Purple day yesterday. SJ’s school did some fundraising and we got to make badges...
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A conversation with a man who thinks my family shouldn’t exist
Yesterday, my friend Kate and I spent a whole day at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, seeing a range of panels on writing about history and family. One of these panels was with author Ginger Briggs,...
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Carrot and zucchini muffins
I’m not here to argue that there’s anything new or ground breaking about a carrot and zucchini muffin. I do, however, think there’s a trick to getting the spice balance right. And I think I’ve nailed...
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Mama loves: “Count With Me” play set from Mama May I
SJ and I are English teachers. We are always reading, and we spend a lot of time engaging with written, spoken, and visual texts. Arty is read to every day, he sees me writing all the time, and is...
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30 Days of Lists, September ’15 (1-5)
We’re more than half way through September, so I thought it was about time I started sharing what I’ve been up to in the listing department. I went into this project with a very clear plan. I had this...
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30 Days of Lists, September ’15 (6-10)
I have zero regrets about starting over with a new look. This little project is making me happy… List #6: My favourite things to eat for breakfast Danishes (esp. with custard) Chocolate croissants...
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Online self care for the anxious and depressed
Living with anxiety and depression is, in a lot of ways, like living with a deep bruise, or an tender wound. You’re constantly bumping up against things that make it throb and burn, and you have to...
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30 Days of Lists, September ’15 (11-15)
These lists take us to the halfway point of the challenge. My little book is coming together very pleasingly, with lots of pink and yellow, and a load of sticky-outie bits. The sticky-outie bits make...
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Arty reads: The Princess and the Pony, by Kate Beaton
There is just so much to love about The Princess and the Pony, that my brain and my typey-fingers are stumbling over themselves about where to begin. For starters, the princess of the title, Princess...
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Mama loves: Love it, love it, love it clothes (and a giveaway!)
Do you have a particular shop that you just know will always be full of clothes you love? Whatever the season, whatever your mood, you know you can wander in and find at least five things that you...
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Making sure your kid isn’t obsessed with the iPad
Arty has his own iPad. It’s a mini, it’s encased in one of those bomb-proof covers, and it’s loaded to capacity with games that he loves. You’d think that he’d be obsessed with it, and begging to play...
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30 Days of Lists, September ’15 (16-20)
Listin’ on! List #16: I’d like to improve… I’m actually a bit tired of focussing on all the ways I’m not good enough. I just want to do what I love and be a nice person. Self improvement is all well...
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30 Days of Lists, September ’15 (21-25)
Getting there! List #21: Books that make me cry Anne’s House of Dreams, L. M. Montgomery Persuasion, Jane Austen Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman It was fun to throw...
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