The most popular advice given to writers is to find your voice – to showcase your unique personality and view of the world through the words you choose and the sensory details you describe. As well as having a literary voice, it is also important to have a visual voice. The internet is a visual medium,… Read More
When the photos we use for our blog posts are horizontal, it is challenging to make them into a vertical pin. The problem is that when making them the right portrait proportions, we lose too much of the edges of the photo. A simple way to alleviate this problem is to make the photo take up… Read More
You can find a whole world of beautiful free stock images on the web these days on sites like Pexels and Pixabay , but sometimes you see the same photographs popping up all over the internet. Here are seven simple ways you can transform stock photos into something that is uniquely yours. 1. Add an overlay… Read More
When I blog, I usually spend more time finding and formatting a photo than I do writing the post. I pay careful attention to my pictures because I know that 63% of social media is made up of images and engagement with images is a whopping 77%. In an online world filled with short attention spans,… Read More
I was almost going to take a photo of my legs in crazy tights today and pass it off as my self-portrait but then I realised it was the last day of the month and that it might look weird with one odd photo in the collage. So here’s a photo of my head again.… Read More
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
I’ve been battling a headache all day. This is my brave face. I’m off to lie down.
There is a drawing of a spotted cow on my blue mug. She is stranded midair on a crescent moon. ‘Nothing is ever easy’ the caption reads. The mug was a leaving present from a job long ago, I can’t remember which one. On my way to the study I take a mouthful of the… Read More
Prompt: Observe everything about the moment — tell yourself you want to remember it three years from now. It is a cold for summer. Usually in February the sun beats down relentlessly forcing the temperatures into the thirties. But today there is a cool wind blowing off the ocean and dark grey clouds covering the sun.… Read More
And just so you don’t think it is all glamour around these parts, here’s me sporting a granny bun I fashioned without looking in the mirror.
I guess it’s only fair to show you how my hair turned out after the curlers. Ta da!! It was lovely to have dinner with my gorgeous boyfriend, but the food was disappointing. I swear dessert was frozen berries with milo sprinkled on top.
We’re going out for a delayed Valentine’s dinner tonight so I have my hair in curlers and a full face of makeup.
Today (and tomorrow in other time zones) is all about compassion. Read my #1000speak post here — it’s the story of my friend Jill, whose husband was caught up in the Sydney siege. Then check out all the other compassion posts here. Be kind to yourself and to others.
