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Queer sex with a plant-person? I’ve got just the book… | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. June 20, 2016. July 12, 2016. Posted in Adult fiction. Queer sex with a plant-person? I’ve got just the book…. I’m about to recommend you read an amazing collection of stories that includes a novella about an Indigenous Australian women who has sex with a female plant called Larapinta. But let me explain. The book is divided into three parts; the premise and imagery of the middle story,. Seeing them for the first time, I am s...
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My Other Blogs | Me, My Mum, and Alzheimer's
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Me, My Mum, and Alzheimer's. A wander through the world of mental health care. Skip to primary content. So that you know that it’s not all doom and gloom and dealing with the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on a loved one, I have another blog. Where I talk about the trips to Japan that I go on with my lovely husband, as well as things I like about Japanese culture. It’s a whole lot cheerier over there! 2 thoughts on “ My Other Blogs. March 2, 2015 at 11:29 pm. I will definitely check it out! Sometimes I f...
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OD-ing on tea at the Melbourne Tea Festival | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. June 13, 2016. June 20, 2016. OD-ing on tea at the Melbourne Tea Festival. I asked myself a question recently; a question that every human being really ought to ask themselves at least once in their lifetime: is it possible to drink too much tea? The answer to this essential question is: yes, but only in extenuating circumstances. An extenuating circumstance might look a little like this. And I loved every minute of it. Stran...
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Mullumbimby: another must-read Australian novel | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. November 24, 2016. November 24, 2016. Posted in Adult fiction. Mullumbimby: another must-read Australian novel. I love it when I pick up a book, for which I hold no expectations and know very little about, and am totally captivated by it. This was how it went with. By Melissa Lucashenko will feature in my top five books of 2016; it’s funny, tender, instructive and a page-turner all at once. Despite the narrative being in the ...
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. March 8, 2017. March 7, 2017. Posted in Adult fiction. Violence and Murder (and Feminism): An Isolated Incident. I picked up Emily Maguire’s. Expecting a run-of-the-mill crime thriller (although a very good one given its accolades), and found instead an astonishing novel that expertly delivers a poignant yet gripping read, while exploring the drivers of violence against women. I can’t think of another novel like it. By Katie ...
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Two sisters share their country | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. October 11, 2016. October 11, 2016. Posted in Adult fiction. Two sisters share their country. Is a fascinating and engaging account of sisters Ngarta and Jukuna growing up in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia as the last indigenous ‘desert people’ in the region in the 1960s. 8217; I’d ask…. I was really curious about these kartiya. There are also ugly bits that made my stomach turn. Ngarta writes:. At the station th...
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George Orwell’s 11 golden rules for making tea | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. September 26, 2016. September 26, 2016. George Orwell’s 11 golden rules for making tea. I recently stumbled across George Orwell’s 1946 gem of an essay, A Nice Cup of Tea. It’s not surprising that as ‘the 20th century’s best chronicler of English culture’*. Orwell had some strong opinions about this quintessentially English institution. George and I go head to head on what does, or does not, create the perfect cuppa. Wholehea...
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Back in the arms of Atwood with Hag-Seed | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. November 28, 2016. November 28, 2016. Posted in Adult fiction. Back in the arms of Atwood with Hag-Seed. Twenty years ago, I considered Margaret Atwood to be a demigod; I reverentially devoured all her books. If there had been an Atwood holy site, I’d have made the pilgrimage (as I’ve done with Prince Edward Island and Haworth). Robber Bride, The Handmaid’s Tale. Is a re-imagining of Shakespeare’s. This book presents a play, ...
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Tea | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. March 4, 2017. March 3, 2017. 8216;Tea like my nanna used to drink’. I’ve been drinking. Tea, by McIver’s Tea and Coffee Merchants,. Every morning for about 5 months now. I just love it; it’s strong and gutsy and gives me the push out of the door I need. One morning as I stood staring at the wall waiting for my tea to brew, I thought to myself, ‘just. Is this tea so good? 8217; I resolved at that moment to find out. This is t...
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Children’s books | Words and Leaves
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BEGIN TYPING YOUR SEARCH ABOVE AND PRESS RETURN TO SEARCH. PRESS ESC TO CANCEL. March 2, 2017. March 1, 2017. Posted in Book review. The Perfect Excuse for a Cuddle: At the Zoo I See. Master Five just started school in February and without being too melancholy, I realise that the time will come when he’ll stop following me around the house with a pile of picture books asking to sit on my knee and to read together. So I’m consciously trying to take these moments when I can. At the Zoo I See. April 3, 2016.
