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Family / May 5th, 2010

Committing a reader’s atrocity or act of genius? Pondering ‘The Bookseat’

I bought Adam a present the other week. Just for those of you who don’t have a relationship such as ours – which I do like to think as somewhat ‘normal’ – what, of course, I mean by my opening sentence is ‘I bought Adam a present the other day that was really for me…

Family / May 4th, 2010

Dear Children, please don’t put your hands on the steamy windows in the bathroom

It’s creepy. Love, Mum.

Family / April 29th, 2010

Six

From this: (Four days old) To this morning: Happy birthday, sweet girl. We love you xx

Family / April 28th, 2010

Wake in Fright and On Passion – thoughts

In On Passion, Dorothy Porter briefly discusses her love of snakes. Coincidentally, the day I first read that passage I had been doodling in one of my notebooks and when I doodle – whether in the margins or, naughtily, over my text – snakes usually appear. Fat ones and thin ones. The thin ones are…

Family / April 27th, 2010

The goose or the egg? … again

Riley has been bored around the house lately. Can’t say I really blame him, I have been a bit preoccupied, but that’s no excuse on my part. I did get a little of a shock last week, though, when he read out a phrase from one of Keira’s reader books from school. How on earth…

Family / April 21st, 2010

3.03pm. Early for the school pickup

So we hang out in the car for a little bit.

Family / April 20th, 2010

Some kind of normal returns

The school run goes on. This past weekend saw a procession of birthday parties, sleepovers for the kids, interviews (more on that later), and toy library duties. Keira even played her first game of Lacrosse. It might also be her last game, but she gave it a go. That’s right the Andrews family circus rolls along right into…

Family / April 13th, 2010

A little light after dinner reading

Open, if you’re curious, to page 386 – at Katherine Susannah Prichard’s letter to Miles Franklin. It’s quite a book. I do love an anthology*! *Ha! Did you see that? Subtlety is my art

Family / April 12th, 2010

So. I have new hair.

I needed a change, something pretty dramatic. I’ve been a hair-rut for years (if you discount this major haircut almost exactly two years ago. Maybe this is just a seasonal feeling I get?) and this time wanted it all chopped off. When the hairdresser grabbed the first handful of hair she said, “Are you ready?” and…

Family / April 9th, 2010

Don’t tell him about the original Dracula and Frankenstein movies, you will blow his mind

The other evening I pulled out a DVD I had borrowed from the library to put on while Adam watched Burn Notice. What movie is that? he asked. An old one, I said. How old? Are we talking Ironman old? I turned around, aghast. What?! That’s not old. So is it…

Family / April 8th, 2010

Blue Eyes

I am rather pleased with this photo, which is Hipstamatic‘s way of saying, “In your FACE, doubter.” Yes, Hipstamatic is my new iPhone photo application and I did find it tricky to use at first. It’s also your classic case of, “Buy the basic kit, but just look and see what other treats HipstaMart has! You…

Family / April 7th, 2010

Our easter camping trip

We went camping out in the bush over the weekend. I didn’t do much camping as a child. It was never my parent’s ‘thing’ and so you can imagine my excitement when an aunt, uncle and cousins took my sister and I to North Haven (NSW) when were young. I still remember that trip –…

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Committing a reader’s atrocity or act of genius? Pondering ‘The Bookseat’

Dear Children, please don’t put your hands on the steamy windows in the bathroom

Six

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Wake in Fright and On Passion – thoughts

The goose or the egg? … again

3.03pm. Early for the school pickup

Some kind of normal returns

A little light after dinner reading

So. I have new hair.

Don’t tell him about the original Dracula and Frankenstein movies, you will blow his mind

Blue Eyes

Our easter camping trip