Many of you have been waiting for my discovery of the perfect cupcake recipe. Well, I’m not sure if I’ll ever find it. With all my cupcake/life analogies, I really thought I had found the perfect ingredients for a great life though… Ingredient 1 – follow your dreams Ingredient 2 – never, ever give […]
The sum of Chapter 1 = 21 pages (or 5497 words + a whole lot of time & effort) This is the mathematical equation for the very first chapter of my novel. Chapter 1 was due to my mentor, Amanda Hampson, by 24th July, but since I’ve been excitedly squeezing in as much writing as […]
As you can see from the below photo, I’ve decided to bake some cupcakes today. I know, I know…for all those who have faithfully followed my blog from the beginning, it’s been a while since I’ve actually baked cupcakes. Please forgive me 🙂 The thing is, there’s something about cupcakes that remind me of harder […]
Being a primary school teacher, my job entails reading lots and lots of children’s picture books. Tedious or laborious, you say? No way! I would have to admit, this is one of the favourite parts of my day in the classroom. Watching those eyes come alive with excitement as I turn the page, hearing the […]
“In order to write, first you have to have lived…you need to readandreadandreadandread to learn as many different ways of using language as possible. You also need to read in order to build inside your head a massive bank of lusciously different words that you can choose from at any time.” Mem Fox Thanks Mem! […]
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” – Madeleine L’Engle It’s no secret that writing has been my therapy throughout my whole cancer experience. I’ve shared many times about my love of writing and that my […]
Image Credit Yep I know, it’s been a while. I’ve just been so busy “living” life that I’ve had no time to photograph and write about it ? Blogging was such wonderful therapy when I wasn’t as physically able as I am now. There were times I couldn’t physically grab hold of life and live […]
Have been fairly quiet on the blog front lately…my only excuse is that life is crazy busy at the moment, but definitely no complaints here. I’m absolutely loving my life, whatever it entails! Besides the fact that I’m back full-time teaching (exciting, I know), I recently organised a great fundraising event to raise funds for […]
Too often I hear people complain, “I hope next year is a better one”, or “I’m glad this year is over”, etc. I find it all a bit sad. It’s almost as though these people are wishing their lives away. Admittedly, I do look forward to each new year, but am also mindful of looking […]
Image courtesy of Time Out Sydney Well, it’s been a while, but here I go again 🙂 In April 2011, I participated in the Paris Marathon as a breast cancer survivor, to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Just a week ago, a dear cousin of mine lost her long battle with breast cancer, so […]