TV rave: Call the Midwife
One of my surprise favourite TV shows over the last few years has been Call the Midwife. Now, I've always watched a lot of British TV (when I was young, for quite some time the only TV channels we got in the country town where I lived were ABC (Australia's national...
Beating a breakfast rut with baked oatmeal
Baked oatmeal? It's not really a thing here in Australia (well, if it's a thing, I have missed the news). But it's something I had heard mentioned a few times by people of the US variety but had never really thought about it. I tend to get into breakfast ruts. At the...
Monday tunes: move your butt music
Anyone here need move your butt music to make exercise more fun? I don't know whether it's because I like music generally or because I started ballet when I was five and therefore my body associates music with moving around but I definitely find music is one of the...
Sunday snippet – Lawless in Leather #2
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Art adventures – Sketchbook Skool
One of the online art classes I've been taking over the last year to help with my watercolours is Sketchbook Skool. I've done all three semesters they've run so far (and am currently behind on the fourth due to cunningly scheduling two classes at once). Each semester...
Type type type
I took the first couple of weeks of January pretty easy writing wise and then, of course, got two sets of page proofs to do by the end of the month, so spent a lot of time going over these with a fine tooth comb. Since then it's been back to Playing Hard, getting my...
January reflections
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 January...
Sunday snippet – The Shattered Court #1
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Bookworm thoughts – Captive Prince
Lately I have mostly been reading RITA books. (The RITAs for those who may not know are Romance Writers of America's big published author awards). One is not allowed to talk about RITA books one is reading. So I thought instead I'd talk about one of my favourite books...
Geeking out about fan art
One of my fave things to do on Pinterest is browse the geek section and look at all the cool fan art that people make about the things that they love. So much creative talent and since starting to draw and paint myself, I appreciate it even more. Artists are awesome....
