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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Jane Saunders CD

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O n the recommendations made in both Nicole's and Jean's reviews, I made an impromptu purchase at Koorong recently - the Jane Saun...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Respectable Sins - ch 1-5

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Respectable Sins , Jerry Bridges - ch 1-5 Welcome to this new series! These first 5 chapters of the book helpfully introduce the idea of ...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Children's Authors - Allan (& Janet) Ahlberg

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Allan & Janet Ahlberg, a married author-illustrator team, produced some beautiful books together in the 1970s & 80s, which continue...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Craft time

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We were inspired by the Play School craft this morning and so we copied it - paper plate animals. They fit all my key criteria for craft - ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Kids CDs

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We have recently discovered the two Justine Clarke children's CDs. If you are like me (with young children and lots of time in the ca...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Respectable Sins

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I think it's time for a new book series! So, I am going to spend some time looking at Respectable Sins, by Jerry Bridges: Have Christian...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

Children's Authors - Lynley Dodd

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Can you tell from the books I review that our family really like the rhyming ones! Lynley Dodd , a prolific author and illustrator from N...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Reading, not writing

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Things have been a little silent here of late. The main reason is because I am reading lots of books, rather than writing about them! I'...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

My seventh monsoon

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Book Review: My Seventh Monsoon , Naomi Reed This very powerful book, written by Sydney woman Naomi Reed charts her and her husband's de...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

At home and not happy - pt 2

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A few weeks ago, I had a post about an article in Adelaide's Child, written by a woman who struggles being at home, and was quite hones...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Fifty reasons why Jesus came to die

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Book review: Fifty reasons why Jesus came to die , John Piper I discovered this book around Easter time, when a fellow blogger suggested ...
Saturday, August 1, 2009

Children's Authors - Giles Andreae

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Another fun children's author for this week - Giles Andreae. We have a number of his books, all in rhyme and we love them. In a numbe...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A few thoughts about contraception

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I wonder what you think about contraception? Now, there's a dinner party conversation topic for you! Actually, what I am really wonderi...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Children's Authors - Sandra Boynton

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Sandra Boynton. A fun place to start this series on our favourite children's authors. Sandra Boynton books have been around since I w...
Friday, July 24, 2009

At home and not happy

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This is the title of an article in this month's Adelaide's Child magazine (and therefore I presume also in Sydney's Child, Melbo...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Grief and change

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If you have not already found it yourself, I highly recommend Molly Piper's blog . She has great things to say on a number of different ...

The birds and the bees

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I appreciated this post from a woman, trying to explain some of the finer points of sex and pregnancy to her son. Today I was driving the s...

Fiction reading

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While recently on holidays I had a chance to catch up on some fiction reading that I had been looking forward to for some time. Gladly I wa...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Humility: True Greatness

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Book Review - Humility: True Greatness , C.J. Mahaney I chose to read this book solely on the recommendation it was recently given in the Br...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The last will be first...?

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Competition in our house is a daily event. Mr 6 and Miss 4 turn everything into a race - who can eat fastest, get to the car quickest, get...
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