Beautiful bookish things

A couple of months ago, I was looking for some custom bookplates and stumbled across these personalised author bookplates for signing from Fleur & Fable. I got some for myself because I'm a sucker for beautiful bookish things, and was very pleased with the communication and service. The bookplates also arrived quickly, which is noContinue reading "Beautiful bookish things"

The future is unwritten but this blog post isn’t

Pharmacist: "Are you okay with needles?" Me, internally: Yes, I remember getting vaccinations at school and they would tell us to count to 10 to take our minds off what was happening, but I would literally watch needles go into all the kids' arms as I was counting 'cause I'm a sadistic biatch like that.Continue reading "The future is unwritten but this blog post isn’t"

New year, same old

Well, it's a brand new year and we're now a good two years into the pandemic with no clear end in sight. During most of this time, I've been safely tucked up in my Western Australian bubble, but we're set to open up to the world in less than a month and things are boundContinue reading "New year, same old"

Something something something festive

Obligatory festive season post coming up, just as mask mandates are reintroduced in Western Australia. I could say "Merry Christmas" but obviously not everyone celebrates it, myself included. (I don't care if you say Merry Christmas to me though. Neither does any other non-Christmas celebrator I've ever met.) "Happy Holidays" is a nice catch-all, butContinue reading "Something something something festive"

Choice and consequence

While I don't think I've ever actually said so until now, it's not a secret: I'm pro-vax. I think everybody should be vaccinated unless they genuinely can't for medical reasons. "But you're vaccinated, right? So you're safe, right? Or doesn't your jibby jab actually work?" Newsflash: We don't just get the jab for ourselves, butContinue reading "Choice and consequence"