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I Love My Mum Because – book review and GIVEAWAY!

I Love My Mum Because – book review and GIVEAWAY!

Every Father's Day, my kids get their dad a book about how awesome he is. Sometimes it's an interactive book, one to which they've added photos or drawings. Sometimes it's a song. Sometimes it's just a beautiful story, with beautiful illustrations to ...

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2016’s greatest hits

2016’s greatest hits

It is nearly the end of December. It is nearly the end of December. One more time for the people up the back: IT IS NEARLY THE END OF DECEMBER. Holy cow. What a year, huh? The world went nuts. NUTS. Satirists and comedians had a great ...

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Why I blog

Why I blog

Why do I blog? Why do I type my thoughts on a screen, then press publish and send them out into the wide, wide world of the world wide web? That's a big question. It's too hard to answer that question in that form. So I'm going to simplify ...

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Seven things I learnt from the Bendigo Writers Festival

Seven things I learnt from the Bendigo Writers Festival

Last weekend (or the weekend prior, depending on your definition of 'last weekend' on a Tuesday morning), I attended the Bendigo Writers Festival. It was fabulous. I filled my days (and one evening) listening to great writers, interesting panels ...

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Work/life balance/juggle/ebb-and-flow

Work/life balance/juggle/ebb-and-flow

Image source I'm living a bit of a conundrum at the moment. I recently(ish) decided I was sick of working from home. I was sick of feeling like I should be with the kids when I'm working, and I was just as sick of feeling like I should be ...

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Neologism

Neologism

Neologism. I love that word. What does it mean? I'll let the Macquarie Dictionary take it from here: neologism noun 1. a new word or phrase. 2. the introduction or use of new words, or new senses of words. 3. a new doctrine. So why am I talking ...

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Blogging for blogging’s sake

Blogging for blogging’s sake

It's weird, that post title. Blogging for blogging's sake. It's completely open to interpretation. You can read it negatively: it could mean that you're just showing up because that's what's expected. Punching in, publishing a new post, punching ...

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Encouraging literacy development in children – and book pack GIVEAWAY!

Encouraging literacy development in children – and book pack GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited about this post. I know I'm supposed to act all cool, calm and collected. I'm supposed to casually mention in passing that oh, by the way, here's a literacy expert I happened to chat with (okay, email) who gave valuable insights ...

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Oh, the Blogs You’ll Blog!

Oh, the Blogs You’ll Blog!

Congratulations! You've started a blog. You're ready to web-schmooze and work like a dog! You have brains in your head, and a bum on your chair. You can steer your blog any direction you care. You're at your computer, and you know the ...

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Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

  Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest one of all? Who is the wisest? Who is most kind? Who listens to others? Who speaks their mind? Who thinks that all their life's learning is done? Who knows their learning has just ...

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I parent. I write. I blog. I play with words and numbers in my head. Constantly. It's crowded in there.

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