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(Yeah, when am I not busy?) After a nice quiet weekend, life has reverted to its usual whirl of activity (but it’s ok, it’s in a good way). Last week of term, so work has been the usual madhouse, of course, and it’s turning into quite a social week as well. On Monday night I…

I went to a really interesting seminar yesterday, about the way we use stories in our lives. What the speaker pointed out was that when we (especially women, according to her, but I can see how this applies to men as well, though sometimes in different ways) talk to our friends, a lot of what…

I definitely like this wireless concept. You can stay in bed half the morning and yet still feel productive because you’ve finally caught up with reading some of your friends’ diaries 🙂 (so if any of you suddenly appear on the Top 10 list, you’ll know why – it’s because I’ve read a couple of…

Just a bit (ok, quite a lot) of backstitch to go: In other news, the other day I got a catch for a book I released over a year ago. I haven’t been doing a lot of releasing lately – a combination of lack of time, lack of motivation, and horrible weather – so I…

We have a new addition to our household: a gorgeous fluffy black cat called George.[album 128913 george.jpg]Acquiring George was a bit of an impulsive decision – on Wednesday a friend forwarded this email to me that she’d just been sent: Can anyone in Christchurch offer a home to a beautiful, black, long-haired cat named George?…