by Hannah | Apr 29, 2015 | Books & Reading, Food, From Hannah, Includes a recipe!, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Saturday, April 25th, was ANZAC day here in New Zealand and Australia. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and this year marking one hundred years since the beginning of World War One made the commemorations particularly significant. The...
by Hannah | Apr 15, 2015 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
Like Ria I too have been living with children’s songs on repeat in my noggin for the last few years. In order to make them bearable I have a little secret : I make up rude or inappropriate alternative lyrics in my head. (No, I’m not going to share...
by Hannah | Mar 31, 2015 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
Over twenty years ago I met someone that changed my life. Her name was Sian. We were both starting at a new school. We were both the eldest kid in our family. We both had brown hair and brown-ish eyes.Neither of us were very cool or very extroverted. In fact,...
by Hannah | Feb 3, 2015 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Writing
Ah, Editing. It’s not my favourite. I forget, of course, how much I dislike it, until I have to do it again (and again and again) and then I remember. Ugh. Editing is a bit like childbirth and the finished product, The Book, also a bit like a baby. Someone...
by Hannah | Dec 24, 2014 | Books & Reading, Food, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Seasonal, Writing
Excuse me? Everyone? *Ting ting ting* I have an announcement. By the time you read this…we will be in….Whistler. Yes. The Whistler that art in Canada. Having a white christmas in the snow. I know, I know, I didn’t mention it...
by Hannah | Nov 24, 2014 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Seasonal
It’s not unusual for me to get overly enthusiastic. I get overly enthusiastic about all sorts of things. Tea, Fleetwood Mac, stripes, TED talks, french anything and mechanical pencils, for example. But I’m surprised to be as wildly enthusiastic as I am...
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