Welcome to the new Miscellaneous Mum! We made it! I know I went on about some technical issues during the week, but let me give you a bit more information: I began using the WordPress Thesis theme in the middle of last year, modifying its look and framework to the best my modest skills allowed….
In an effort to bring some balance back into my blogging ways, I created at the beginning of the year a sort of mantra: ‘Dig Deeper, Move Less Earth‘. From the original post: My ‘I’ is the Karen that wants to dig, yes. But deeper. See a point through; formulate an idea to its end….
Federation Square, setting of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival* Gauging from the audience questions (both during, and those coming people up to me afterwards) at our ‘Author as Brand’ session yesterday, it seems this subject is a hot one. I’m not surprised. I suppose it goes back to that old catch-22: to get a publisher,…
Riley sees little point in those balance bikes for children. Have you seen them? The ones without pedals? We borrowed one from the toy library this week so he could try it, but the borrowing was done with less than a want on his part, and more by coercion on ours. I daresay I was…
Reproduced with Express Media’s kind permission from over at Facebook *** Express Media @ Signal for 13 – 20 year olds, but older people welcome! Once an abandoned train signal box, Signal is now an exciting new arts studio, designed exclusively for the creative ideas of 13 – 20 year olds. Come inside this box…
I’ve been asked a few times lately to give my thoughts on the rise of mummyblogging / parenting blogs in Australia and the power and attention these are starting to get from marketing and PR companies. In all honesty, I’ve not been much help as this subject does not rate high up in my list…
How is blogging like keeping a pen-pal? Is it at all? Let’s see: you can keep in touch, cross continents. There is often dialogues and confessions. Conversations are as likely to be continued via email, person to person, once contacts and trust has been established. It is arguably more convenient, also. One can choose to…
Last night was the bloggers meetup here in Melbourne and after umming-and-ahhing about whether to go or not for a week or so, I said, “Bugger it. I’m going.” So this entailed me spending the afternoon deciding what to wear whilst a sick little boy clung to my leg, and the other sick child, luckily,…
I am very excited to present the next mother blogger interview. I stumbled across Wendy and her inspirational blog pretty much the same week I first began mine, and have since taken pleasure in the motivation she inspires and her support for all others. I doubt she needs any further introduction to many of you,…
