Musings :: Moments :: Memories
It has been such a long time since I have written book reviews for the books I am reading - I used to review every single book. I stopped because (amongst other things) I didn't really enjoy writing about a book straight after reading it. Either the books I read were powerful, in which case… Continue reading Favourite Reads of 2017
Today is day 12 of my #100daysofwritinghappy and one of the unexpected aspects of this challenge is choosing what to write about each day. When I stop and think, I realise just how many things bring me joy. For today's writing, I wanted to write a really specific list of things that make me happy:… Continue reading A Happy List
Today is Day 10 of #The100DayProject and I am so enjoying the chance to write happy every day. Today, I am going to bed tired and feeling a bit down for a number of (trifling) reasons so I struggled to think of something to write that made me happy. Then I remembered I hadn't updated… Continue reading Writing Happy
Today is the first day of #The100DayProject which is run by Elle Luna and Lindsay Jean Thomson. Last year, I took on too much at a time when Austin was still pretty young. I am not sure I have any less on my plate now, being back to work and balancing all that, but I… Continue reading 100 Days of Writing Happy
Despite a valiant last push at the end of 2016, I (YET AGAIN!) did not manage to reach my goal of 50 books in a year. I did manage to equal my personal best of 41 books so I'm pretty pleased about that because despite what some people might think, reading on maternity leave is… Continue reading 2017 Reading Challenge
On Saturday, I had managed to get a ticket to see Margaret Atwood at the Royal Shakespeare Company theatre. She was talking about her new book Hag-Seed which is a retelling of Shakespeare's play The Tempest. I teach this play to our Year 7s but because of the level of the students, we do not delve… Continue reading Meeting Margaret Atwood
A medium I have been enjoying a lot lately is the podcast. I have subscribed to quite a few of late and I find it is a really informative and entertaining format which suits my mobile lifestyle (i.e. I am always on the move round the house or in the car or walking around the… Continue reading For the Love of Pod
https://instagram.com/p/BEd8DHoTfCx/ Over 500 words! I am super thrilled to get some more written today. I am great at procrastinating and I really felt that the untidy state of my study was a superb excuse for not getting writing. I do still want to get my workspace in order but it is no longer a prerequisite… Continue reading Getting going
In the early ours of yesterday morning, I was wide awake. Austin was sleeping (and has been brilliant this week at sleeping up to 8 hours at a time overnight) but my mind was turning and I couldn't get to sleep. So while I was trawling through my usual online hangouts (Instagram, Pinterest, Bloglovin') I… Continue reading I’m taking part in #The100DaysProject
So far I am on track for my goal of reading 50 books in 2016. So far I have read: The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson - I know this is a children's books and I am not going to cheat by adding all the books I read with Evelina… Continue reading 50 Book Challenge
Notes From My Day 