Anne-Marie Taplin sent me an email this morning to let me know an essay of mine, titled ‘Mum’s the word’, had gone up on her website ‘Parenting Express’.
I had forgotten what a great thing it is to read things that you’ve written in the past and to have the rush of sensations, feelings, and memories that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
A little smile
Posted in Writing, tagged Family, joy, Parenting Express, writer, Writing on September 2, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Kioloa Camping
Posted in The Good Life, tagged cold snap, Family, happiness, holiday, Kioloa, photos on August 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
While in mid-winter, at our home it looked (and felt) like this:
(that’s our neighbours roof and our own dirt pile, affectionately named “Ayers Rock” in the foreground)
we went camping on the coast 2.5 hours away at Kioloa (pronounced Kai-ola by the locals). We had a fab time feeding the birds…
…those of us feeling energetic, played [...]
Family vernacular
Posted in Honestly!, Laugh, Parenting, tagged discourse, Family, language, vernacular on May 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Laughing (and hacking) whilst catching up with Voice of the Turtle’s Saturday Funnies, caused me to stop and think about our family vernacular. These are words that were initiated by some member of the family whether by the verbal diahorrea of older members mixing it up, or the difficulties inherent in navigating big people words [...]
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