With ears that listened keenly and an impressive ability to distill complex information into a pictorial summary, the Graphic Recorder left those of us in the room in complete and utter awe. With nothing more than coloured pens and an immense talent, she crafted two days of dialogue, questions, inquiry and commentary into six …
Starting how I intend to finish
I'm gearing up for a huge month ahead and this week has kicked it off nicely. After a huge day in training, I've just finished writing 1700 words on my new WIP having signed up for 50,000 in 30 days aka 50k30d! I've dabbled with Nanowrimo and 50k30d's in the past and have never been able …
Great company
How many times have you run into someone that you really like and get on with well and promise that you'll make a lunch date or a time for a coffee so that you can catch up? Not just because social convention makes us offer up these false promises, but because you would really like …
Just hanging with my girls
Friday is the best day of the week! After what is always a busy week working my full time hours from Monday to Thursday, I love Fridays for a whole range of reasons. A little bit of a sleep in is a great start (well, getting up at 6.30 as opposed to 5.30am), getting on top of …
It’s time for Marriage Equality Australia
Off the back of an historic referendum result, it was announced this week that gay marriage will be legalised in Ireland. Yay Ireland! This fabulous result has sparked up the debate again across Australia (finally!) with commentary from all sides of government in the past 24hrs following the Leader of the Opposition's decision to introduce a private members bill …
Queenslander!!!!
Despite living in Victoria for nearly 15 years, I am a Queenslander through and through. I still consider Queensland home and many of my closest friends and family still live in the Sunshine state. So I love this time of year which heralds the start of the intense battle of the states that is State of …
Two Sentences Tuesday #04
After finishing a long, draining day tethered at the grindstone, there was nothing she loved more than having the fabulous women who cared for her precious, darling children utter the following words... "I hate to tell you this but we've found headlice eggs in Miss B's hair today". (Photo: Nardia | a life like ours)
How do you think?
I was having a random conversation with a colleague (with whom I share an office) today about how hard I find it to sit at a desk and think. Not just in the run of the mill process of thoughts (although lets admit it perhaps that is the case sometimes), but moreso the deep thinking required …
A LIFE LIKE OURS 