May 11, 2021Born to write?so what happens when you aren’t.. — I don’t belive people are born to write. Tessa does. Let’s talk about that. Does that mean you’re not worthy to communicate with others (with the written word)? To not even try? Have you not heard of voice typing? It’s a thing these days. …Bias4 min readBias4 min read
May 11, 2021The Privilege of Educationand the arrogance and bias developed while getting it.. — “ Essentially, if you haven’t worked out how to write by the time you’re ten or eleven, forget it. You don’t have the command of language, and no writing course is going to teach you that. That’s my opinion, anyway.” said Tessa Schlesinger And she said more too if you’d…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
May 9, 2021Best GameLit / LitRPG Audible for 10yr old?What should we grab with our credit this month? — What’s a 10 year old doing listening to GameLit/LitRPG books anyway? Even worse, one with a specific interest in the dungeon core sub-genre. How on earth did that interest develop? Well, blame their parents, and of course Minecraft. Oh and Dungeon Warfare on both Switch and Android (DW2 there). And…Gamelit2 min readGamelit2 min read
May 7, 2021That’s not a real job..become an engineer they said! — That’ll give you a chance at a great future. Respect. Permanent employment.. Hah! Just goes to show how little they knew. So despite the fact I topped English and wouldn’t take my head out of a book I took their advice and went off to get a “real” job. And…Engineering3 min readEngineering3 min read
May 7, 2021We’re going to lose all the boysAgain.. — “They don’t remember,” said the little old lady to her wizened friend as she leaned over a piece of cloth. I overheard the words whilst visiting the craft shop to buy scraps of cloth for our kids to learn sewing with just after ANZAC day. The upset women then proceeded…War4 min readWar4 min read
Jan 12, 2021The SandpitToys are expensive. Sand — not so much. And we’re not talking about making war in the Middle East! — Our sandpit is one of the best investment we ever made in play equipment for our kids. Not that we actually bought the sand to be a sandpit. Sandpit pits are great. But no one really talks about them. Is it because they’re boring? Is it because they’re not something…Sand3 min readSand3 min read
Jan 12, 2021Why we paint our daughter’s nailsShe’s 14 and Autistic. Sometimes she paints her own.. sometimes other peoples. — But why does painting nails matter? I mean, who in their right mind would give a disabled child nail polish! They could drink it! Or pore it over their bed! Or paint a great big stripe in the middle of Nana’s new carpet. On purpose when they’re in a snit…Autism3 min readAutism3 min read
Jan 12, 2021Writing a great targeted homeschool curriculum!The hardest part of the Australian homeschool year is here — Curriculum planning time! Here’s how I get it done quickly and easily. — Homeschool curriculum planning and documenting in less than a day? For three kids?.. and in just a couple of pages? Rigghht! It used to take me a week. If you’re an existing homeschooler or are new to the whole thing, this is one of the hardest hurdles you face. …Homeschooling11 min readHomeschooling11 min read
