“There is a marvellous peace in not publishing” J. D. Salinger As of now I am on holidays. I am setting this post to publish the very moment our plane is supposed to be taxiing out to the runway. Just me and the kids until next week. Get some quiet, quality time in with my parents before…
As part of my birthday present, I have requested my husband to buy me the above book. I am very possibly the last woman left who hasn’t read it yet and I admit I’ve been holding out for some time. I suppose it’s the snob in me who is reluctant to jump on a fad…
Kids sleep in. Wake to pouring rain. Adam sleeps in longer. Miss swimming lessons. Go to our local cafe – are turned away because it’s too full. Other people are also the escaping weather. Visit library. Go and sit in a hairdressers chair for two hours. It’s still raining – and hail, now! Go home….
The other day Keira and I were watching a cooking show filmed in India. So there were lots of shots of crowded markets and lovely tropical vistas. There were also, understandably, a few shots of untethered cattle roaming the streets. Keira: Why are they letting the cows walk around in the city? Me: Because in…
Picture this: You’ve just run the bath. Your eldest has just sat down in the water; your youngest – who sat on the toilet and declared (rightly) that “’nuffin came out” – has just stepped in behind. You turn your back to grab a towel only to hear the distinct sound of the healthy urine…
For Adam’s birthday present this year, I gave him a voucher to go rally car racing. He ended up going just this past weekend, with a good friend of his who taped this little piece of film. I was very impressed with the speed he got up until I was informed this was his “Hot…
Two weeks ago I went to a Naturopath and paid over a hundred dollars for her to tell me information I already knew. (Sidenote: I feel there will always be hope for the world economy when there are people like me – tired, body-sore and soul-stretched – who are willing to toss money over in…
To be honest, I’m not having much fun with NaBloPoMo this year. I don’t know why; perhaps it’s because this week I’ve started getting emails again of the “You call yourself a writer? Then how about you clean up your grammar?” variety. Which, on one hand, hooray! It’s been a while since the narks have…
Books recently bought: Dracula by Bram Stoker The Mind of Your Story : discover what drives your fiction by Lisa Lenard-Cook 2009 Children’s, Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (US version, 21st ed) Books recently borrowed: The Believers by Zoe Heller Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Books recently abandoned: The…
