June 2008

Uni daze

June 30, 2008

I have always felt rather at home on a university campus. All the ones I’ve ever been to look pretty much the same – sad concrete boxes with brown glass windows; the gardens surrounding them, if there’s a budget for gardening to start with, always offer a stark contrast back upon their inorganic, decrepit neighbours. [...]

Monkey See – Monkey Do

June 29, 2008

You know Season 10 of Top Gear? The episode where the boys are in Africa? The bit where they set to their cars with sledgehammers so as to lose chassis weight to cross the sand flats of Botswana? You remember that part? My son did – when he found a hammer in the garage the other morning… [...]

For the World of Warcraft (WoW) lovers out there

June 27, 2008

I’ve been thinking of a new moniker for my Miscmum header – you know, just in case Doctorow and I don’t pan out. Don’t worry, we will, fingers crossed, but here’s the alternate: “Here be the last blog on earth that hasn’t discussed Wii” Which could work, until, well, you realise that by discussing it [...]

Positively charming

June 26, 2008

The other night, Keira and I were sitting on the floor playing a board game. Riley ambled up to us and leaned against me. Putting his hand around the nape of my neck, he massaged it lightly as he watched the game unfold on the floor. He nuzzled closer, bringing his arm tighter in around my shoulders [...]

WW – Two years ago…

June 25, 2008

Sporadic posting warning

June 23, 2008

Just a quick note to say that this is the final full week we have left before the book files are due in Singapore next Tuesday. I spent the better part of yesterday at my designer’s putting it together and the rest of this week will be full of fiddling and tweaking and – I [...]

Memoirs and the twisted tyranny of our memories

June 21, 2008

She crawls into my lap and asks, “Tell me about when you were little.” And I reply, “I used to only play with trucks and blocks, never dolls. I used to love to eat the jellied top off tinned ham and watch grilled cheese cook in our old stove on the far wall of the [...]

Getting on top of the NITuation*

June 20, 2008

So, we’re back to lice again. I’ve been putting off writing this one for a while. What’s it been? Two months? Three? No, four months. Four months of on-and-off hell. I will get rid of them for a few weeks and then they’re back again. Twice I took Keira in to the hairdressers to get her [...]

Guest posting over at Problogger today.

June 19, 2008

Here, to be exact. It’s funny, isn’t it? Darren asked me to write this weeks ago – before all the who-ha over this writing award happened. So perhaps it’s kismet; or at least an example of how I’m trying to ‘walk the walk’ as best I can with the voice I’m developing. Come on over [...]