Freshly Seen at Jill’s Scene during February.
Three blogs about four things: writing, reading, books, and life!
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Freshly Seen at Jill’s Scene during August
Writing, gardening, and travel photography; all together on Freshly Seen
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Reading, writing, and Ray Bradbury on looking after the muse
Zen in the Art of Writing – a cure for writer’s block
Two favourite book blogs and a writer
I’ve discovered two new book blogs. They’re good. Very good. And not just because they’re both fans of Neil Gaiman. You didn’t know I was? Well, neither did I until the beginning of this year. Son number two is responsible for that development. I’m sure I’ll be talking […]
In which celestial and blogging milestones converge.
Outside it’s dreary. We’re not seeing much of the sun. There’s no growth in the garden. It’s only seventy-one days until spring a friend of mine said on Facebook. Well, I thought, that’s a relief. Tonight I’ll be celebrating the solstice by going to a beach […]
It’s A Road Trip: Day Nine
Completing our Loop the Loop of the Central North Island It was a cracker day for the last of our holiday. A slight frost, steam rising from the hillsides as the sun warmed the paddocks, not a breath of wind – Joni Mitchell on the playlist, the road […]
Getting friendly with the neighbours
Zero to Hero: Assignment 11 Today’s assignment: get out and about in the blogosphere and comment on four blogs that are new to you. Here they are, my fab four in no particular order, plus one more: Exile On Pain Street I’ve followed this blog for a few days. […]
The First Hurdle
Zero to Hero: Assignment One I’ve had my blog for almost two years. I signed up in 2012. My first post was two photos of kiwi icons. Both of them food: Marmite, which is a staple in my house, and a mutton bird, which I’ve eaten only once. […]
One Kindle and Two Books
I’m a Kindle and, by implication, Amazon fan. My Amazon Wish List is like my very own library; one which is as wide-ranging as I want to make it. It can and does include pieces of whimsy and fantasy, literary reads, and matters for serious research. The […]
An Open Letter to Mr Ross Murray
Dear Mr Ross Murray, re The heartbreak of creativity; a public service announcement I am a writer. I claim this honorific because I have produced a post of more than 1000 words about the purchase of a pink handbag. And I have written a novel. At 75,641 […]
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