Lots and lots of lovely stuffs!

I admit it. Getting my mom onto etsy may have been an bad thing for my bank account. But not my notions. And a whole bunch of stitch markers I bought from sunneshine arrived today with a handwritten thank you. How cool is that? And they were wrapped up so beautifully, until I needed to … Continue reading »

On the ning nang nong…

Where the cows go bong, and the monkeys all say Boo! I’m sorry, I’ve been teaching youth librarians the joys of Ning as a safe and highly customisable alternative to Facebook over the past few months. I was tinkering around with the platform yesterday as a result of a query from one of my former … Continue reading »

Touching base, and Melbourne.

Whew, last stretch of travels, and then I have a whole 3 weeks before I have to (possibly) do any more. Looking forward to being home and writing. (And explaining my lack of writing to various peoples… possibly not looking forward to that, but anyway). Melbourne put on a glorious afternoon for me last Thursday, … Continue reading »

M-O-N-D-A-Y S-U-C-K-S!

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, watch this. They’d play it on a Monday morning on the radio when I was getting ready for school a long time ago now. And it was one of those kinds of days. One of those days where you really start to wonder if everything you’re … Continue reading »

blah.

I miss the cold, the wet, the rainy. Years in the south of Aotearoa will do that to you (from all reports, those living in the Apple Isle will know exactly what I’m talking about). I hate the weather’s stubborn refusal to act autumnal, because it’s giving me a major headache. There’s a migraine coming … Continue reading »