Tag: Author

Aug 10
Book Review, Fun Facts, Reading

Positively, Penelope, Princess of the Stage

Pepper Basham released a new book, Positively, Penelope, last week, and I experienced the joy of reading her delightful novel. I also experienced the “joy” of reliving my 1998 VCE results. Miss E is in her final year of secondary school, so she and I dug out my results… just because. Yeah, I’m one of […]

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Jul 27
Author, Family Life

Ode to Spam

I’ve hardly read any fiction since Mr Wonderful’s dad passed away. It took over three weeks for me to open the e-book I had been reading the day before he died. Seems my appetite for fiction has temporarily waned. Mourning a loved one is a strange thing. Writing has been a challenge too. Mostly because […]

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Jun 2
Book Review, Fun Facts, Reading

Winter Warmers

This morning I woke to a biting chill, thanked God for technology, and defrosted my family with the click of a mobile app. Yep, winter is here. For those living across the globe, enjoy your summer. But while you do, remember me, swaddled in layers of clothing, emitting cloudy white dragon breaths. I promise I’ll […]

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May 5
Author

Pause, Rewind, Skip and Stop

Do you ever have those days where you wish you could press Pause, or better yet, hit Rewind and start again? Yesterday was “one of those days” I wanted to press Skip and jump over the track altogether. The dreary autumn Melbourne weather reminded me to dig up my winter woollies. But the dream of […]

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Feb 9
Author, Family Life, Fun Facts

Nine Fun Facts

Today’s post is a little different from my usual book reviews and writing updates. Although I’ve blogged here since October 2021, many of you wonderful readers have only followed me in recent months, so I thought a “Fun Facts” post would be… well, fun. Since nine is my favourite number (a bonus fun fact for […]

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