Ugh. We have been sick all weekend. First it was Ralph, who went to bed just fine on Wednesday night and within four hours had produced enough mucus to fill a swimming pool. By Thursday night Scout had joined that club, and managed to sneeze INTO my mouth not once but twice while I was…
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Earlier this week when I posted about the Snail Mail Movie Club, a number of people gave me some wonderful recommendations for snail-mail-themed movies to watch. One of them was Letters to Juliet, which I duly watched on iTunes a couple of nights ago. Have you seen it? The premise is that people write letters…
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Shall we start a club, of sorts? A movie club for people who love snail mail? And, related: do you want to be in my next book? Let me explain. I’m writing a book about snail mail. One that celebrates snail mail in the modern age, and has a lot of fun with all the…
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“Out of the darkness, only light can come” Making me happy today: the wonderful, dreamlike, ever-so-Aussie, inside-the-pop-up-book stop-motion illustrations by Snip Green of “Spring to Come” by the John Butler Trio. John Butler Trio – Spring To Come from Dropbear on Vimeo.
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As I write this, Mr B, Emily and I are sitting on couches in our lounge room re-watching Notting Hill and dreaming about moving to London. This is one of Mr B’s favourite movies, but I am ambivalent. It’s Hugh Grant at his floppy, bumbling best and a fantastically quirky supporting cast, but I never…
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Here is how we avoided the heat on the weekend. While Harry and Mr B had nanna-naps together in the bedroom under the air conditioner, Madeleine and I headed out on a mama-daughter date to see Frozen at the movies. This was Madeleine’s first movie. She is not even 20 months old and I wasn’t…
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A new morning. A new week. I know most of us dread Monday mornings but sometimes, when you’ve had one of those weekends, it feels quite good to start out fresh. There’s something to be said for new beginnings, even if they do come with the beginning of the working week. To help ease you…
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This little “Roshambo” mini-series from Free People reminds me of Mr B and me when we first met, and it has me feeling all nostalgic. Of course we were neither so good-looking nor glamorous nor well dressed as these two, but I know what it feels like to be living a Grand Adventure while your…
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I am one. Are you? Amelie is my happy place. The sweet gal behind the blog Happiness Is, Shannon Eileen, just got hitched. And while I’m not normally a fan of the “our love story” type movies or slide-shows that some couples like to play at their weddings, this one was cute and quirky and…
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Do you remember taking roly poly tumbles down hills? Topography in my childhood was constantly assessed on the basis of its suitability for climbing to the top and rolling back down. There’s a wonderful sense of abandon to a good hill-roll, completely surrendering yourself to the forces of gravity while tumbling in a disorienting swirl…
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It’s Christmas Eve. All is calm, all is bright. Or is it? Are you a fan of this time of year? Or does all the expectation and commercialism weigh you down? I think I fluctuate wildly from one of these categories to the other at least six or seven times a day throughout December. So…
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Good morning, how was your weekend? Mine was all about brunches and baby smiles, Christmas trees and coffee, a visit to the Big Design Market and a walk through the city. I thought this cute little film might work as an antidote if you’re suffering from Mondayitis. Airmail from Sabah Nicolas on Vimeo. ps. You…
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