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catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
Adventure
"Mum, it's adventure time on the schedule! What are we going to do?" Three expectant faces stand before me, and my blank expression tells...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
A Silver Lining
I'm reading a book that was recommended by a friend. "I couldn't pick up another book for three months", she warned. I ordered it right aw...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
A ride down memory lane
There's a hill between our house and my mum's. A hill that was once a stomping ground for me and my best friend, often alongside other ki...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
Yesterday
I'm normally among the first to post for the SOL challenge every day, being in Australia. It's been a big week here, though, and when I l...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
And the winner is...
I dial the number while sitting in the car, listening as the phone rings once, twice, three times on the other end. After a brief exchang...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Place your bets!
Our son is a shark. The cards flip through his hands, smooth and sure, his eyes on the players at the table. Or sitting on the carpet, an...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Rocket Boy
It's almost inaudible to human ears, that voice. Such a pitch, such volume, so consistently blaring, like a siren. A fitting warning, rea...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Time out.
They race out of the door, flapping and flustering over themselves and each other, straight into the patch of green alongside the coop. H...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Home time.
And that's a wrap. From tomorrow, our schools will be pupil-free for the last two weeks of term, while schools prepare to deliver leaning...
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