The way Peppi’s nose twitches when she can smell something. Wagon Wheels. Marshmallow goodness. Rhodia paper. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 in C Major, K467. The time of day “between sunset and twilight”. Miss Read, in Miss Clare remembers (p.187), says it’s a sad time of day. I think it’s a beautiful time.
With Kathryn and Sue, I spoke about the VALA2010 conference at an ALIAWest-organised event last night. It went well and I was amazed to see the large number of people who turned up. Photo was taken by one of my colleagues, Molly (that’s madradish to you!) and shows me trying to poke one of my [...]
Lately I’ve been enjoying it whenever I’ve managed to sit down to write. I would like to write more. Came across and have been pondering Daniel Pink’s 7 rules for writing. Rule number 3 in particular: 3. Don’t do anything else until you’ve written five hundred words. I mean it. (Yes, I know, I seem [...]