Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Reading on May 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
We have a nightly ritual at our house. I read to the kidlets before they go to sleep. We started with picture books and now I read them a chapter (or 2 or 3!) from a chapter book. This has been a wonderful way to re-discover all my old childhood favourites. Sometimes it drives me [...]
Posted in Poetry, Reading, Writing, tagged Reading, Writing on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Back at the beginning of May I went to hear Michael Palmer read, he was lovely to listen to and had interesting things to say. For those interested in finding out more there is a great piece on Nat Rad with Lynn Freeman interviewing Michael Palmer.
I took a few scratchy notes during his public talk [...]
Posted in Protest, Reading, tagged Politics, Reading on April 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s the school holidays so my posts my be erratic over the next two weeks.
Okay, disclaimer over. We had a day in the big smoke yesterday. Oh the joys of escalators and lifts for my poor deprived children! We started off at the Public Library, where I finally got an “out of towner” card. I [...]
Posted in Craft, Knitting, Thrifting, vintage, tagged Craft, Reading, Thrifting on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A small sample of thrifted goodies. The books were in the “for free” bin so I liberated them.
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