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BaBs - Five Books I Recommend

More than halfway through the year, this is usually the point where I look at my reading list and realise I'm way off target (I challenge...

BaBs - NaNoWriMo

For this month's first BaBs article, I'd like to showcase something I love which you may not have heard of. I first heard of this many...

BaBs - Interview with Author Jess Butterworth

I have so much YA (young adult) fiction on my reading list this year - lots that I have put on hold because I've been living abroad and...

BaBs - PINKFONG

I came across PINKFONG recently while searching for something else to use alongside my favourite Super Simple Learning materials....

BaBs - The Recycled Candle Company

With recycling being such a hot topic these past few years, it is no surprise that we're seeing countless projects and initiatives set up...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twenty-Three

Lovely day today, my last weekend in Japan and it was beautifully sunny, if a bit windy here at the seaside. Lots of inspiring views....

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twenty-Two

A few haiku from today - lovely sunny afternoon despite the forecast predicting rain. 102. branch of a tree in the corner of my window,...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twenty-One

So I haven't quite written haiku every day for NaPoWriMo, but the other goal I had in my head as to write at least one-hundred haiku this...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twenty

Just a few haiku today - been busy on the farm, enjoying the fresh air, etc. 98. walking on the beach the sea, smelling so fishy...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Eighteen

No haiku yesterday, just a few today. Been a busy bee, of course. 94. galloping white foam nudging further up the beach icing on a cake...

NaNoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Sixteen

Another good haiku day. We went to a great exhibition about Pompeii at the Fukuoka City Museum, as well as the general exhibition, and...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Fifteen

It's the weekend, but no rest for the wicked! I've been busy submitting picture book manuscripts to publishers, and doing a bit of...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Fourteen

Was having quite a lethargic afternoon after a tiring morning, feeling like I wouldn't really get any haiku done, and then WHAM. A mixed...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Thirteen

Now settled in at my final stop in Japan - Fukuoka. Two weeks left of our time in Japan - 2.5 years in total. We have two short stays in...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twelve

Spent today on Miyajima island (Hiroshima) and didn't have much time for haiku. We spent a large part of the day hiking up a mountain...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Eleven

Day 11 of #NaPoWriMo, was in a very haiku frame of mind today but didn't pen that many. Now in Hiroshima for a few days - nice to be...

NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Ten

Well, the first 10 days of April have been pretty mad. Our Workaway experience hasn't exactly gone as we would have liked, so we've...

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