by Clarissa | Aug 16, 2018 | personal |
I remember towards the end of my time at Uni going through the milkround of interviews, trying to get a job for when I graduated. In one of them I was asked something along the lines of what I wanted to achieve in my life. I answered that I wanted to be happy, and he...
by Clarissa | Aug 9, 2018 | personal, writing |
Since starting to write more seriously, and in so doing learn more about story structure, I find I’m reading more critically. And I can better articulate why I don’t like something. I still need to work on understanding why things work well! This makes me...
by Clarissa | Aug 6, 2018 | family, personal |
My biggest childhood regret is that I never learned how to cartwheel properly. My legs never go straight over me and I end up in a heap at the end, as I don’t land on my feet again. Not that I’ve tried in years. Why didn’t I learn to cartwheel? Lots...
by Clarissa | Jul 19, 2018 | personal
Most people describe their dreams as vivid pictures they see in their mind’s eye. But I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that. While I very rarely remember my dreams, but when I do I’m sure that they are narrated. It’s like the voice in...
by Clarissa | Jul 9, 2018 | dutch life, family, libraries
Dutch public libraries have an annual offer, where for the months of July and August they provide a pre-defined list of ebooks freely available for all library members. These books are all in Dutch, but they cover a variety of age groups (from 4yo to adult) and a...
by Clarissa | Jul 5, 2018 | family, personal
All four of us have our own art journal. It’s a place to do stuff that gets kept. (I must admit that pretty much all other children’s art gets binned…eventually. Some of it gets displayed first.) It’s a place to try out different techniques and...
