by Mel | Dec 12, 2009 | Life
If you’re going to make popcorn…and just say, you’re going to make popcorn with some sort of coating that requires shaking the popcorn and coating in a sealed container to coat it, it’s a good idea to make sure the lid of the container is on...
by Mel | Nov 14, 2009 | Life
Well, we have partial WIKTORY over the lavender behemoth. It is pruned, if somewhat inelegantly. Which only leaves the problem of what to do with the pruned bits which have somehow expanded to take up about five times more space than they did on the bushes….. I...
by Mel | Nov 14, 2009 | Life
2009 has been a year of feeling like there are too many balls in the air and not many of them staying up there very long. Writing has been up and down but seems to be smoothing out again (knock wood, cross fingers). Crafting has been mostly up which is good but kind...
by Mel | Aug 18, 2009 | Life
I’m declaring myself an official fan of Byron Bay. It’s pretty, it’s sunny, it’s warm, the beach is beautiful and I had a lovely lovely massage this afternoon plus they sell very good organic brie at the health food store. I’m sure...
by Mel | Jul 10, 2009 | Life, Writing
Fridays are always good. No day job. Freedom to potter around. Today I pottered with the knitting and the sewing and a bit of TV in between eking out seven very slow pages on two different wips. But they got done so that’s a good thing. But tomorrow I’m...
by Mel | Jul 4, 2009 | Life
In the spirit of the new financial year, I figured I should do a mid-year check to where I was at. These were my goals in January. 1. Write at least two books and enjoy the process. Hmmm, I’ve written a quarter of two books. Much typing in the next six months to...