June! Winter! Time to retreat indoors, under the blankets or with a hot water bottle, and do some heavy-duty reading. Or is that just me? Anyway. To continue… The Master and Margarita is by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. I was not familiar with this novel before I picked it up, but neither was the rest…
This morning, thanks to Disney, we went along with a whole bunch of other bloggers and guests to an advance screening of the new Pixar movie, Brave. There was highland dancing, bagpipes and the usual mega-long queue for face-painting. The children were much more patient than I ever would’ve been and waited their turn; Riley…
I was investigating The Commons the other day when I was inspired by some of the photographs I saw of women reading, and thought I’d make a post of these. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. 1881 circa 1890 circa 1903 1908 1912 circa 1913 circa 1918 circa 1923 circa 1935…
Some afternoons, be they on a weekend or after a long working day, call – nay, beg – for taking some time out to relax. Such was the feeling I had recently, when I retired to the bathroom with a book, a drink and very stern instructions that I was not to be interrupted, no…
I got a big shock when I looked back to find that the last time I’d done a ‘One Recipe a Week’ post for my Living List (spoiler alert: that little baby is going to really heat up over the next two months) was about nine weeks ago. I figured that this long weekend would…
Edited to add: Look, guys, what happened over the weekend. Names! Fabulous names! And more than a hundred dollars added to the cause. This is why I love blogging. The running is hard, but the help is outstanding. * I’m supposed to be running a half marathon in a little over five weeks. Um,…
Many (most?)(I’m not up-to-date with the news yet) teachers are striking in Victoria today. Good luck to them too, I salute their efforts. Although this does mean that I have two children here at home: two healthy, active, energetic delights when I am still feeling delicate and sore. I don’t really want to dwell on…
Quite deliberately, I made my latest endodontist appointment for after the festival was over. I suspected (hoped) that the rush of all that was happening there would carry me over, and it did, thank heavens. But what is an endodontist, you ask? In simple terms, an endodontist performs root canals, among other procedures. By that…
I’m sitting here at the kitchen table. I have the radio turned on at a companionable level; I can hear the clothes dryer rumbling away, with the occasional rattle as a zip or button hits the edges. The children have been deposited safely to school and I have a list as long as my arm…
