Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with art, author talk, COVID-19, film, holidays, Meg Mason, Melbourne, nineties, television, Yarra Valley Writers Festival July 18, 2021

01. I was supposed to be at Philip Island this weekend… which would have meant I missed out on the Yarra Valley Writers Festival – so the silver lining of Lockdown 5.0 is that I got to ‘attend’ (virtually) the Festival (and my trip has been rescheduled). I’m classing it as a win, okay?!

02. Related: When Meg Mason was talking about Sorrow & Bliss, she said that in the first version the story, Ingrid was going to be in Martha’s imagination i.e. how Martha might be without her mental illness – WHAT?! I’m glad she made Ingrid a real person. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with art, Claire Thomas, concert, COVID-19, holidays, Irish, music, nineties, podcast, Sarah Krasnostein, swimming pool March 7, 2021

01. Finished my diving certification (at Pope’s Eye and Boarfish Reef). I went to 16 metres and honestly, it was the most physically and mentally challenging thing I’ve done in decades.
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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 →