Missing: Her First Tooth. Lost: Between this tweet and this one. {Clarification: Shortly after 7pm, as we were all watching television together.} Emotional Reaction: [Hers] Pride and excitement [Mine] Same, with an added twinge of the Oh My God, She’s Getting Older/Bigger’s. Age: Almost 7.5 years (the last in the class to lose their first…
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….
First, before anything else, thank you for the outreach on yesterday’s posts (comments, emails, etc.) It means a lot and I couldn’t help but notice a lot of feed reader click-throughs and general interest. Struck a chord, perhaps? If it did, you have my sympathies. I’m offering you a virtual cup of tea. Take it…
“I’m sorry.” I feel as though I’ve been mentally apologising for at least a week now to those who I feel I’ve somehow disappointed or wronged. Starting with myself, although those thoughts are less apology than disguised self-accusation: I’m sorry I’ve not been diligent with Keira’s reading and writing homework activities. I’m sorry I didn’t…
A teenage boy sat listening to his friend, patiently waiting for the supply of tales about the previous evening’s parties and misdeeds to finish. Once they did, he sank back as if relieved and, in defiance of a nearby sign ordering patrons to refrain from doing so, stretched his legs out across the seat. “Gawd,…
It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that is quite so quotable as The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It seems almost impossible how Kundera manages to squeeze on to every page a thought, epigram, philosophy or phrase of penetrating beauty or insight – and yet he does. Here are some of my favourites:…
I am one of the Overload Poetry Festival reviewers this year (complete with a generous introduction by Maxine – colour me blushing!) and my first review is up if you’d like to go take a look.
He is good at it and I think he likes it… … don’t you? * This week I’m trying to get some back-end issues working ahead of the big, new blog unveil. I had hoped it could be done over the weekend, but as the issues are turning out to be trickier – and have…
We decided to do some things a little differently for this Malaysia Kitchen experience. First, we would go out for dinner, not lunch. Second, we invited a family of our friends to accompany us. Total number of eaters? Eight. Very doable. After weeks of indecision (to which my friend can attest) I finally settled on…
