Today, at Jill’s Scene, is a day in the sun for women writers but not just any women writers. To make it on to my list the posts had to make me laugh. And not a little laugh, either – it had to be a great, big belly […]
Travel Theme: Close-Up An early morning start, a taxi trip across town, the first and the most cramped tuk tuk ever, and we were in the middle of this. (The we on this trip was my husband, our daughter-in-law, both our sons and myself.) The welcome was […]
This aside is a shout-out to my Blogging University classmates. http://christinmcleod.wordpress.com http://svdeaner.wordpress.com http://mariabrinkley.com http://charliekb.wordpress.com http://euphoniccharity.com https://mytefladvertures.wordpress.com http://thebrixtonhousewife.com http://bobandemily.wordpress.com Thanks to each one of you for the Liebster Award nominations. Leo says it best: Everyone, click on the links and go see what these […]
Late last night I came across a tribute to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I’ve heard a lot about him. He was a magical realist. Many of my reading friends admire his writing. For myself, I haven’t had much luck with the genre. It has to do with the works […]
All my mother ever wanted was a quiet life. But with five kids, Raccy the cat, Peter the talking budgy, the family business, piano practice for me,violin practice for my sister, Dad’s trombone, my older brothers coming and going, and the baby demanding her share of attention, ours […]
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. […]
Zero To Hero: Assignment Six Write a letter to my dream reader, the assignment said. Include techie things you’ve never done before (my paraphrase). I thought it would be the techie bits that would be the big challenge. Spotify has had me baffled up till now. And I […]
Last weekend, for the first time in nearly two years, our children were all together in our old family home. They are city dwellers. Currently, that means living in Wellington and Bangkok – although change is afoot, one way or another. So, what better to do than get […]
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. […]
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