Neighbourhood Welcome
From 2001 to 2010, our young family moved ten times for my husband’s work. Twice we moved to different countries, four times to different cities, ten times to different...
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How to Spot Psychological Manipulators *NEW POST*
I used to assume that I had done or said something wrong whenever people reacted badly. This post was illuminating. As I read the list, I wondered: how am I going to remember...
My Invisible Disability
Last Saturday, I attended Your Digital Publishing Options by Dr Euan Mitchell to learn learn how to convert my dad’s memoirs into an eBook. During a round of...
Parenting 101: Babies Grow Up
Once, I cut open a honeydew, scooped out the seeds and thought it looked too good for the food scrap bin. So I buried it in my vegetable patch. If nothing else,...
Literature and Finance: a great combo?
What happens when you interview a 1987 Literature and Finance graduate from Xiamen University for your book? Well, you get a long reading list. Josie (not her real name) was...
Danger: Blind Faith in Big Data
Data scientist and mum, Cathy O'Neil, explains how we all use algorithms and why the numbers they spit out can be so dangerous.