Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with COVID-19, Douglas Stuart, holidays, swimming, swimming pool, television January 24, 2021

01. They were filming an ad when I was swimming this week (hence the stupid lifeguard chair). I’ll let you know if I appear in the background. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with COVID-19, German, holidays, Jason Steger, Peter Wohlleben, podcast, swimming December 21, 2020

01. I’m a little late posting, but that’s because I finished last week and started this week in Anglesea, for two days of surfing with the kids. It was glorious. Continue reading →

Show-off holiday post: Summer

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with holidays, swimming January 14, 2020

We’re back from our annual pilgrimage to McCrae and as ever, I’m wonderfully restored by the salt water, sand and sun. Continue reading →

Lately – summer edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with audiobook, holidays, memoir, swimming, swimming pool, television, Vicki Hastrich December 20, 2019

Anticipating: my time at the beach – last summer I had snow, so I’m hanging out for salty water, sand and sun. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film, Shelves and Libraries, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Anne Frank, Ariel Levy, author talk, book list, Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Clare Wright, Curtis Sittenfeld, Donna Tartt, Emma Jane Unsworth, film, Hanya Yanagihara, Helen Garner, holidays, Kate Atkinson, library, Margaret Atwood, Maria Tumarkin, Monica Lewinsky, movie, Sarah Krasnostein, television, twitter, Zadie Smith September 25, 2019

01. It’s school holidays in Australia. We spent a few days with family in Kyneton (with some mountain-biking in Harcourt and a hike to the summit of Hanging Rock). Continue reading →

Lately – Spring edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Benjamin Law, F. Scott Fitzgerald, German, holidays, Joanna Murray-Smith, Melbourne, podcast, swimming, swimming pool, The Great Gatsby, theatre, William Shakespeare September 16, 2019

Feeling: jealous, terrified and excited all at the same time (because one of my kids has been selected for a voyage on this next year) Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with book shop, Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Chinese, gin, holidays, Melbourne, music, swimming pool, theatre September 3, 2019

01.This is my favourite news story of 2019. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with book jackets, Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Charlotte Wood, holidays, Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, television August 21, 2019

01. I can’t wait for Charlotte Wood’s new book, The Weekend. And how good is the cover?! Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Shelves and Libraries, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Dick Bruna, Gavin Prector-Pinney, German, holidays, library, Nora Krug August 13, 2019

01. Look up! My horseshoe vortex is included in the new cloud spotters book, A Cloud a Day by Gavin Prector-Pinney. My copy arrived today and it’s beautiful – embossed hard cover; photographs on every page, each accompanied by some cloud science or a reflection; quotes and art work featuring clouds – p.55 is especially good 😉 Continue reading →