To blog is to be permanently distracted
By Karen Charlton As I did the dishes last night, and Mr Karen made tea, we had a brief conversation about blogging. “The Best Australian Blogs…
Read articleGetting off the island: a school holiday survival guide
By Karen Charlton We’ve reached day 17 of the Easter school holidays. Sitting down to write and I am hovering dangerously close to writing one of…
Read articleJoining the 5am writer’s club
By Karen Charlton I can hear Ruben stirring – strike that – crying from his room. Either that or a small wolf cub has entered our…
Read articleDealing with life envy
By Karen Charlton We’re all moving on to the internet and in this global village, we have so many Joneses to keep up with. You mightn’t…
Read articleIs it OK to go grey?
By Gillian Harrison I found my first grey hair when I was 17. I remember plucking it in disgust and disbelief before obsessing over that little…
Read articleHaving it all – or doing it all?
By Gillian Harrison I’ve put a lot of pressure on Thursday lately. I have built Thursday into a Glorious Day. On Glorious Thursday I will get…
Read articleThere is no cake when you work from home
Post by Karen Charlton There is no IT support when you work from home. Each day, as I settle down at my desk in the spare…
Read articlePeople who don’t send birthday cards
I moved out of my parents’ home when I was 17. Along with my portable CD player, a box of Weetbix and a kettle, I took…
Read articleEditing your life
Post by Karen Charlton My husband and I are mutually inclined to keep things ‘just in case’: empty shoe boxes, twine, gate latches, timber off-cuts. Things…
Read articlePaper boats in a digital sea
Post by Karen Charlton Hamish is in my office, discovering all these books I’d forgotten I had. Rupert Bear: a Noddy book that belonged to my…
Read articleBest of 2012
[Image] All of my gel ink pens have been used up, and I’m reaching the last few pages of my Spirax notebook. It must be the…
Read articleReclaiming beauty in motherhood
Post by Gill Harrison As I entered my thirties I knew the world would soon expect me to pay for youth and beauty. But only this…
Read articleSmall child with a big file
Post by Karen Charlton Tomorrow my middle son, Hamish, will have his tonsils removed, and his third round of grommets inserted into his right ear, and…
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