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The Rough Draft – October 2023
The last time I posted to my blog was in the January of 2022, bemoaning the loss of what felt like the entirety of 2021. Though, to be perfectly honest, ...

Groundhog Year The Loss of 2021
Insert: that awkward moment when you realise you took a year off the internet and everything fell apart. Do you remember that time when everyone thought Covid was just a ...

The Rough Draft A Year in Review 2020
Though it seemed a silly thing to do considering the year 2020 has been, I decided to rekindle The Rough Draft and use this opportunity to do a "year in ...

Book Review: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Pandemic for Christmas
J and I weren't planning to put up a Christmas tree this year. The mini one we'd been using lost its legs last year and I didn't fancy taping it ...

Covid Ate My Homework
It's been a year. If we say nothing else of 2020, we can at least say that: it's been a year. The year of Covid has been both the longest ...

Author Appearance: Kingsway High School
I know I say it in the post itself, but this honestly was one of the most rewarding and terrifying moments of my life! The librarian at Kingsway High School ...

The Rough Draft: July 2020
For anyone who caught my post towards the end of July, either here on on facebook, you may already know that I found June a bit of a struggle. I'm ...

FREE for a limited time: Inyoni Rocks
Grab the second instalment to the Amanzimtoti Series, FREE, for the next few days only! June has been a bit of a rollercoaster of a month for me so far, and ...

Meal Plan Monday
Despite "theme-ing" my week, we ended up straying from the meal plan quite a bit. I've realised that moving meals around the week isn't as bad as I make it ...

The Rough Draft – October 2023
The last time I posted to my blog was in the January of 2022, bemoaning the loss of what felt like the entirety of 2021. Though, to be perfectly honest, ...

Groundhog Year The Loss of 2021
Insert: that awkward moment when you realise you took a year off the internet and everything fell apart. Do you remember that time when everyone thought Covid was just a ...

The Rough Draft A Year in Review 2020
Though it seemed a silly thing to do considering the year 2020 has been, I decided to rekindle The Rough Draft and use this opportunity to do a "year in ...

Book Review: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Pandemic for Christmas
J and I weren't planning to put up a Christmas tree this year. The mini one we'd been using lost its legs last year and I didn't fancy taping it ...

Covid Ate My Homework
It's been a year. If we say nothing else of 2020, we can at least say that: it's been a year. The year of Covid has been both the longest ...

Author Appearance: Kingsway High School
I know I say it in the post itself, but this honestly was one of the most rewarding and terrifying moments of my life! The librarian at Kingsway High School ...

The Rough Draft: July 2020
For anyone who caught my post towards the end of July, either here on on facebook, you may already know that I found June a bit of a struggle. I'm ...

FREE for a limited time: Inyoni Rocks
Grab the second instalment to the Amanzimtoti Series, FREE, for the next few days only! June has been a bit of a rollercoaster of a month for me so far, and ...

Meal Plan Monday
Despite "theme-ing" my week, we ended up straying from the meal plan quite a bit. I've realised that moving meals around the week isn't as bad as I make it ...