Tag Archives: What I know to be true
What I know about rituals
My girl made this a year ago. Its still on our front door. I wont be on a lifestyle show anytime soon. Christmas has the capacity to go one way or the other. Your heart either swells at the faint … Continue reading
What I know about {remembering}
To remember: to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; to think of again. This time last year I wrote a post that I argued over in my head for a long time. I sent it to a mate and asked her point of view. I worried that … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to you
A year ago I sat down at my desk and began to type. Id been promising myself every New Years Eve that this would be the year that I’d take the leap and start to write. For the last 8 … Continue reading
Giving faces to the forgotten
When I was 13 my parents took me to Disneyland. I remember approaching the worlds largest breakfast buffet at the Disneyland Hotel when, while focussing in on the waffles, Tinkerbell popped up in front of me. She had a painted … Continue reading
the inner workings…a TSIB interview
I wrote a little something last week about standing on the edge, something that was explained to the crowd of people watching a graduation ceremony. Nat followed me on twitter and then we got started talking and then she sent … Continue reading
So what are you going to be when you grow up? ….a TSIB interview
A decade ago I was living in London. My husband (at that time) had a brainwave that instead of returning home to Australia we would try our luck in New Zealand in the lovely town of Grey Lynn in … Continue reading
The backstory
image from here I was reading an article while my boy slept on the backstory authors have in the process of writing a book. The little pieces that get you to the point where you are ready to begin the story-telling. … Continue reading
Living up to the fantasy
Fantasy isn’t all its cracked up to be. I was reading Fenella Soutter’s piece in the Good Weekend about the freedom of bike riding…Ive been eyeing one of these bikes for a while but I know in the deep dark … Continue reading
What would your kids remember about you?
Every year we do the annual pilgrammage from one state to another. 10 long hours in the car playing colour I-spy (the version of the game for pre-readers…its always a green tree they see – just a heads up). … Continue reading
Does blogging bridge that space in between?
Let me just say this up front…I haven’t been a blogger for long. Blogging was one of those things I had put on my new years resolution list for the last few years but time, ambivalence and nerves got in … Continue reading
