March 2008

No-one beats this woman for barely-repressed maternal disarray

March 31, 2008

A mother’s reflection upon gazing on her newborn son: I do not will him to be exceptional. It is the exception that interests the devil. It is the exception that climbs the sorrowful hill Or sits in the desert and hurts his mother’s heart. I will him to be common, To love me as I [...]

Earth Hour 2008 – well, it was the thought that counted

March 30, 2008

*Hiding behind the proverbial pillow, squealing like a teenager* Okay, here it is: Mind, I forgot to say almost everything I wanted. Like, look! Miscmum made it onto Google Images first page for searches regarding Earth Hour, which would explain why my stats page went beserk yesterday. Also! I was going to hold [...]

Doing Good Stuff for, like, the Planet and such…

March 29, 2008

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my Oxfam fundraiser. Truth be told, it’s because I don’t get a whole lot of time to go check it out these days. So you could imagine my delight the other night when I logged in to see a whopping addition to the tally! (She knows [...]

Cracking open the vaults of the vocabulary

March 28, 2008

I am dying to write a post with the word “effulgent”* in it as a true and perfect adjective. Just to show off. But it’s not going to happen today. I do have a question though for children’s picture book lovers out there – what do you think are the particular best examples of cover [...]

Project book – becoming the ‘Author’; quite a vainglorious pursuit. Partly out of necessity.

March 27, 2008

My sister-in-law is staying with us at the moment and as she has a better camera than ours I’ve been taking the opportunity of saying to her, “Hey – stop pointing it at the kids and come take some shots of me.”

Earth Hour – going global, coming up quick

March 26, 2008

I often talk without thinking. I often have ideas even before any proper cognitive functioning begins. This helps my imagination and subconscious come up with all sorts of freaky stuff, but then it often dominoes into real life. Like Earth Hour. I told them I was potentially going to ‘live blog’ via webcam the beginning [...]

Surprise! Day

March 25, 2008

Kim’s got an interesting post on composition over at her blog today. Get a sneek peek as to what Surprise! is currently looking like.

Apology, with little twitters of tweets in the background

March 24, 2008

I can barely string together a decent post these days. For some reason it is becoming increasingly hard to sit here in front of the screen and let the words just come. They used to, spilling from the mysterious recesses of my brain, and now I’m in a drought. I could blame the holidays. Ironic, as [...]

Celebrating birthdays on death days

March 22, 2008

I think I am removed enough from my rather strict religious upbringing to celebrate a birthday party on our Holy Day (Good Friday) without worrying too much about the potential sacrilegious repercussions this might cause. To explain: Once upon a time I would’ve gone to mass, eaten all the correct foods and then settled in for [...]