Last weekend saw me in Balingup again, for their annual medieval carnivale.  Since then, I’ve been swamped under with photograph processing & a couple of extra jobs (including the House of Earnest Manhattan Manga hair show) that just stand to scream, “Spring is here!  Work harder!  Sleep when you’re dead!”  Hah!!  The blog post for Balingup ( Read more... )

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December was crazy - extra hours at work, late night shifts, Christmas shopping, packing, moving house…. Yes.  Moving house.  In December.  Such timing!!  Oh so very worth it though….


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This morning I lost my best friend to cancer.  He couldn’t talk to me about it.  He didn’t often complain at all, but he would sit with me &, towards the end would, cry softly - & yet never ask for a thing.  He was always there for me first.  Never himself.  He always sat beside me, or rested his head on my shoulder or lap, & never judged me while ( Read more... )

I’m almost up to my ears in research for this book, but here’s a little more that I’m still
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Back at Dave’s, we opened up the sliding doors into his dining room.  He’d already moved the dining table & side tables out of the room in preparation.  We rolled out the underlay, but not without having a little fun.  After all, we’re not only laying plastic grass inside the house, but we’re doing so over the top of his rather lovely floorboards.


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There’s been an ongoing joke amongst my friends & colleagues that I see the world through my lens.  Never before have I actually seen exactly what they meant.

I know that everyone sees things differently… but it’s a rare thing when we actually get to see how differently.   When I look at something, I unconsciously note the lines, angles, lighting ( Read more... )

So I quite possibly just did the worst thing yesterday…. I fell in love with a pair of shoes.  I know, it’s not at all surprising that I’m looking at shoes considering the book I’m writing…. but normally I can browse quite safely with a good bonus to my will save.  To be honest, I don’t recall how I got onto this particular website in the first ( Read more... )

By now, many of you know about my Shoe Project. 
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This is not a meme, but it is a questionaire. I would really appreciate it if you listed your
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