Category: writing

I was going to do this post as my ‘half-way through the 365 photos’ post, but other things got in the way, and I never quite made it. So here we are, it’s my ‘2/3 way through the year’ post. I’ve been thinking a lot about my blog lately....

A few weeks ago, the wonderful people at NoteMaker  announced a Pen Amnesty, where you could trade in your ugliest, dodgiest pen for a shiny new one from their online store. All you had to do is upload a picture of your offensive pen, and then you would get...

I went out at lunch time with my book, sat in the park and wrote. I felt uncomfortable, exposed. It wasn’t calm or relaxing. I had to leave....

Way back in January, I was looking for the perfect notebook to use as a journal/planner for this year. I’d seen a couple of things I liked, but that weren’t quite right, so I put a call out on twitter to see if anyone had any suggestions. The lovely...

Part 1. Writing is a major part of my work, and has been in pretty much all of the positions that I’ve held during public service jobs in various departments, both federal and state government. But it’s not the type of writing I enjoyed as a child, so even...

When we were kids, Lil Sis was recognised as the artist and I was the writer. I don’t know if this was a deliberate thing on the part of our parents, or if it just turned out that way. It seemed like her artworks were always on display in...

I’ve been taking daily pictures and writing about them for a month today, so I thought this would be a good time to reflect on my first month of blogging. It’s been an interesting process for me. At first I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to do this,...