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Blog post sobriquets for our holiday thus far
How many things can my son break in my parents’ house? (Answer - Three: a telescope, a vase, and a camera) How many mosquito bites can my daughter collect on her body? (Answer: twenty-seven) How many ‘books’ can I read in a week? (Answer: three, but two are poetry collections by Phillip...
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Published 6 hours ago

Link to newspaper interview
See here Note: My MA is in Literature, not Children’s Literature, and I got it from Macquarie University, not CSU (My undergraduate degree, though, was from CSU). I feel a little guilty making these corrections, but I just wanted to clear up any misunderstanding before it occurs. Later...
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Published a day ago

World Aids Day
Remembering the afflicted; hoping for a cure.
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Published 2 days ago

‘The Best of Miscmum’ #2
First published June 5th, 2008  The sheets crumple more in winter, I feel. Our bodies sweat as they adjust to the heavier blankets. Sleep may not be as agitated as it is in the Summer, but it is as least as disturbed. Instead of the heat, one of us is invariably suffering from some sort of...
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Published 3 days ago

If there is a lone cow shit in a field, will you step in it?
The answer to that questions is: yes, if you’re my son. (Quite a difference to Keira’s reaction to them at the same age!)
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Published 4 days ago

So, how was your flight?
Understandably, the 6am flight between Australia’s two biggest cities was full of businessmen and women trying to get that extra snooze in after getting up at some ungodly hour of the morning. So I could feel the inner sighing of some when I hopped on the plane - at the last minute, scraping by...
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Published 5 days ago

‘The Best Of Miscmum’ #1
While I’m away I will intermittently re-post some of my favourite miscmum entries from over the years - starting with this cheeky little tale from February 2007: What would the resume of a Disney Princess look like? Yes, I’m talking about Disney Princesses again. Actually, I must have become...
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Published 6 days ago

And so our summer begins early
“There is a marvellous peace in not publishing” J. D. Salinger As of now I am on holidays. I am setting this post to publish the very moment our plane is supposed to be taxiing out to the runway. Just me and the kids until next week. Get some quiet, quality time in with my parents before we...
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Published a week ago

Blogging, me, and the radio
I’m being interviewed today by Student Youth Network radio about blogging and my writing and how it all fits together - which will be interesting as I’m still not sure how it all fits together in my life. Very possibly in an unhealthy way, as I’m here last thing at night and ignore my...
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Published a week ago

Not sure whether to be very afraid or very excited
 As part of my birthday present, I have requested my husband to buy me the above book. I am very possibly the last woman left who hasn’t read it yet and I admit I’ve been holding out for some time. I suppose it’s the snob in me who is reluctant to jump on a fad and just have fun on the...
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Published a week ago