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New books!
I’ve proudly stuck to my two-year-old resolution not to buy new books, but I make an exception for book club books, because it’s not always possible or practical to get hold of a library o… more →
Glad all over
New books!
elsiem wrote 1 week ago: I’ve proudly stuck to my two-year-old resolution not to buy new books, but I make an exception … more →
Reasons to be cheerful #3
Ciara Norton wrote 2 weeks ago: I am in the biggest funk today. I am angry for no reason and overdosing on Evening Primrose Oil does … more →
Reason #2: Mary Timony's Voice
Darjeeling wrote 3 weeks ago: I first heard Mary Timony sing one afternoon in 1994, while listening to Princeton’s WPRB. … more →
Reason #1: Loved ones
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The Proclaimers
elsiem wrote 1 month ago: In honour of tonight’s trip to see the Proclaimers, here’s my favourite song of theirs ( … more →
this will come as a surprise to some of you...
alala wrote 1 month ago: I am LOVING the weather here! I mean yes, the sky is low and gray and I can see from the trees that … more →
Public Holiday Kitchen Series
Krissie wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday was one of those stay-at-home days. No car, raining outside, no school, no gym. Perfect. # … more →
Teen angst
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elsiem wrote 1 month ago: My dad has found two of my diaries, from 1990 and 1991. Re-reading them was both disturbing – … more →
Reasons to be Cheerful
clatterbach wrote 1 month ago: I read, and the paper moves down the page. The words go into my head, somewhere, like when people ar … more →
Arrrrrr You Ready for International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
hoverfrog wrote 2 months ago: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ Well blow me down if’n International Talk Like a Pirate Day ha … more →
facing the other way
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Krissie wrote 2 months ago: This week I walked a fairly usual bushwalk for me. Well, truth be told it’s not quite as usual … more →
supermarket-free zone
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Krissie wrote 2 months ago: Sometimes I write a shopping list without even checking the contents of my cupboards. Fortunately th … more →
Starry starry night
elsiem wrote 2 months ago: I stood behind that very nice man Adrian Chiles in the lunch queue earlier. He was wearing knee-leng … more →
Fitness, fatness, and other f words
elsiem wrote 3 months ago: I’m in the middle of a six-week programme with a personal trainer at my workplace gym, but las … more →
Reasons to, once again, be cheerful
Ciara Norton wrote 3 months ago: I started to listen to the news again recently. I was on a media blackout, reading pretty blogs abou … more →
end of the week is racing toward me
Krissie wrote 3 months ago: Here we are, Wednesday night. I’ve managed to get 85% of this week’s work done in the ev … more →
Paris photo, and a miniature railway
elsiem wrote 3 months ago: Here is my photo of Paris in the Schmapp Guide: http://www.schmap.com/paris/tours_tour1/p=7992/i=799 … more →
fireside
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Krissie wrote 3 months ago: Over winter, when we’re not on bushfire alert, we’ve been having fires and cooking marsh … more →
Smug
elsiem wrote 4 months ago: I think today might have been my highest-achieving day ever. This morning I got up and made Glamorga … more →
