Keira is already getting flowers from boys. Â
“In the modern way of knowing, there have to be images for something to become “real.” Photographs identify events. Photographs confer importance on events and make them memorable.” Susan Sontag  Like many parents, I spend a decent chunk of my weekend waiting for classes or activities to finish. And if you’re like me, you…
My dad works just over the fence from my school. Sometimes he pokes his face over the fence. So he did, and on the odd occasion I saw him stick his head over to seek me out on the playground during lunch, there I’d be, ambling around, almost certainly waiting for the bell to ring…
Life / February 18th, 2010
I have many weaknesses: movies with Tim Curry in them; open-faced hamburgers; second-hand bookshops, to name but a few. One of my biggest ones is buying vintage/op-shop clothing. Most of the clothes I’ve bought since moving to Melbourne have been second-hand and that is simply because this is the place for shopping. In an occasional…
But instead she just has to sleep on Keira’s school uniforms.
Last Wednesday night, I spoke about my … well, I’d say ‘nerves’ about the digital age of books. I wondered aloud about what might happen to our bookshops and libraries; how they might be affected; on a business level, certainly, but my concern was on a cultural, even personal, level. For me, nothing compares to…
“If you overcook crème brĂ»lĂ©e does it turn into fudge?” Now I’m pretty sure if you overcook crème brĂ»lĂ©e it could turn into a number of things – but fudge wouldn’t be one of them. Then again, I’ve been wrong before!
Adam cleaned our bathroom yesterday. And if that’s all the present I get on this day celebrating spending and commercialism special occasion, I’ll be happy. More than happy. (Although if you want to cook dinner, dear, you won’t hear any objections on my part…) Happy Valentine’s Day everybody.
Riley sees little point in those balance bikes for children. Have you seen them? The ones without pedals? We borrowed one from the toy library this week so he could try it, but the borrowing was done with less than a want on his part, and more by coercion on ours. I daresay I was…
