I get ideas all the time. And they always seem better than the ideas I’ve had before. I’m (slowly) learning to not just jump from one thing to another – especially as everything in life takes time. I came up with a great idea last night. The only problem is that it would […]
Month: January 2014
Breaded Camembert with Cranberry Sauce
We ducked out last night to Woolies to grab a few bits and pieces and I came across this Breaded Camembert with Cranberry Sauce marked down. For something like $2, I figured, why not?! And one came out of the oven like this: Overall, it was pretty nice, though the cranberry sauce […]
Your Best Self
Do you put your best self forward on your blog? Or a censored self? Or both? We all have layers of this, of course – nothing in life is so black and white. But there’s usually a focus. If you’re using your blog as a portfolio for writing, I would say it’s […]
More Sleep
I indulged myself a little over the long weekend and stayed up late a few times. This is pretty rare for me because I tend to just hit a wall and fall asleep. On Monday, I even slept in until after 9am! I usually consider sleeping in until 6.30 or 7am a good sleep […]
Criticism As A Writer
Creative works are hard to create. Writing, painting, photography, drawing, sculpting or anything else creative you do – they all require dedication to create. They require that you pour so many parts of yourself into the work that you’re revealing parts of yourself. And this is why criticism can be hard. When someone says […]
Pina Colada for Cheapskates
It’s only in the past year that I’ve found drinks I enjoy. Such as the Something On The Somewhere cocktail. Then I tried Pina Coladas. Yum. The problem is I don’t drink often enough to keep fresh ingredients on hand, so to make it cheaper and to save on waste, I started to experiment with […]
Bright Monday: Belated Christmas
So Bright Monday was two days ago now… and while I did it, I kind of forgot to blog it. Life and all that junk, you know? So this is both a belated Bright Monday and an unintentionally Christmas themed day. The green shirt is a simple v-neck sleeveless knit top I […]
Insert Headline Here
I’m not a fan of sensationalist reporting in the media, and that flows over to social media. Newsletters & blog posts that have titles like “The 10 deadly blogging mistakes you’re making“. Don’t even get me started on headlines like “50 tools to increase productivity“. I may fail at headline school but I keep […]
The Value of Interaction
As a blogger, comments and general community interaction is important. No one will read a blog where the author is an annoying, closed off snob. Well, I won’t. And I hope people who read this blog are similar. I was thinking recently about the value of replying to comments. Currently during the day I […]
How To Clean Your Kitchen With a Volcano
I had great success with making my own laundry liquid soap the other year. Such great success in fact, that it lasted over a year and I only just ran out. The problem with being so successful at it was that I couldn’t remember the exact formula I used to make it. I read a […]