A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
The Quiet Room 1929, Sir George ClausenThis beautiful painting came through my inbox yesterday, from the clever people at Persephone. If you subscribe to their daily email, 'The Persephone Post', a small and fascinating tidbit of knowledge is delivered - it could be a painting, an image, or a photograph of a literary phenomenon from... Continue Reading →
First daffodil arrives at Horopito!If the bright daffodils and bouncing lambs weren’t a sure enough sign of Spring’s arrival, then the warmer weather and the deep-rooted desire to clean, clean, clean surely must be!I’ve always felt so much more alive when the spring bulbs come through and the barren trees sprout buds, the birdsong gets... Continue Reading →
Today I write to confide in you, Dearest Reader, the challenge that has been laid at my feet, and share with you the fun being had in the process!My Dearest Sister, an accomplished collector of papers, quills, inks, and wax seals, had a brainwave of an idea that we try, for a month, to only... Continue Reading →
Travelling, I have found, dear readers, is good for the soul. And an electrifying shock to the imagination. New places, new sights and smells. New people. The same but oh so very different from home life. Exploring a new town, a new landscape, is exhilarating and exciting and tiring all in one package. Because you want... Continue Reading →
Gasket - best cafe south of the Harbour BridgeMarch MadnessIt has been quite the month, gentle reader, but am happy to report that all is well at home camp. Writing, however, has certainly taken a back burner, but is never out of my mind. In the forefront is how to tackle the rather large elephant... Continue Reading →
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A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
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