by Mel | Mar 27, 2015 | Cool stuff, Foodery, Life
Or maybe not. Cookie Monster just eats the cookies, whereas I spent last Saturday learning how to make them look pretty before eating them. Now I may be ageing myself but when I was in high school in year 8 and 9? (that’s second and third year of secondary...
by Mel | Mar 16, 2015 | Life, Random thoughts
On Saturday I went to see the Australian Ballet perform Giselle. As I’ve mentioned before here, I go to the ballet four or five times a year as my mum and I and a couple of her friends subscribe. I love the art of classical ballet but sometimes, my writer brain...
by Mel | Mar 13, 2015 | Bookworm, Life
I had a different blog planned for today but Terry Pratchett died last night. He was one of my all time favourite authors, whose books I’ve re-read too many times to count. So funny, so brilliant, so wise and human. I’ve spent endless hours with his words...
by Mel | Mar 2, 2015 | Beasties, Life
On Saturday I did a photo walk at Melbourne Zoo. Always good to learn some new camera tracks and check out the animals. It was a nice overcast day and didn’t reach the forecast 34 degrees, thank goodness. I have a zoo membership now so am going to try and get...
by Mel | Feb 9, 2015 | Life, Random thoughts
It’s February which means that January is already done 2015 is zooming by just as fast as 2014 did. Being a virgo, I always like the start of the year and making plans and setting goals etc. I had a extra long break from the day job over late December and...
by Mel | Feb 2, 2015 | Life, The biz, Writing
Every so often I do one of these posts, mostly for new followers at various places to catch folks up on who I am, what I do and an update for everyone on what I’m working on. So … Who am I? I’m Melanie Scott (most commonly answering to Mel). I write...