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Great advice
One of Australia’s leading psychologists presented a webinar today run by Heckle’s school. He talked about student stress and mental health, particularly the extra issues covid has brought on our kids. It was quite an interesting workshop, and I definitely got some great tips. There was one thing he said, though, that particularly resonated. He…
#ownvoices is moving on
Like everything in life, when something becomes more mainstream, people start using it as a marketing ploy. The same thing has happened to the #ownvoices movement in the publishing industry: We Need Diverse Books announced that it will no longer refer to books using the term #OwnVoices. Instead, they will use “specific descriptions that authors…
The ultimate lockdown haircut
One of the first things people did when lockdown ended was get a haircut. But I don’t think anyone needed a haircut – or had such a dramatic transformation – as Ludo. Our pup is now 10 months old, and just as we went into lockdown back in early August he started losing his puppy…
Where the bloody hell is Chris?
Drought. Fires. Floods. Pandemic. Mouse plague. Lockdowns. Life has been tough in Australia for a number of years now, and particularly so for rural communities. As Australia emerges from the covid pandemic and the country opens up, one western NSW community has hatched a plan to kickstart tourism by asking the question, “Where the bloody…