Bathroom 29 March 08 For those of you who wondered what my bathroom looks like, and I know there are plenty of you out there wondering just that, here are some photos. As you can see it is mosaiced from top to floor with broken china, toys and religious kitch. The floor is made of...
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	Tuesdays with Dorie 27 March 08 I didn't like that soppy book, Tuesdays with Morrie. Tuesdays with Dorie looks way more fun. Its a blogclub. Every Tuesday all the members bake the same yummy cake or dessert from Dorie Greenspan's book Baking, From My Home To Yours. Then they blog about it. I've never heard of...
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	Graffiti Wunderkinders Move In 24 March 08 We are so happy..... the graffiti wunderkinders used to live near my friend Glynis, in Rondebosch. But now they've moved into Observatory. We found this one yesterday stencilled on the bridge near our house. Just in time for Easter. I took a picture of Luke wearing his death hat, posing...
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	Inner four year olds 20 March 08 I have seen the most stunning examples of inner four year olds tantruming in the first round auditions to American Idol. Last week there was a man, a very large very grown up looking man with bright red trousers who threw a tantrum when they eliminated him. He said all...
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	Being an Award-Losing Author 12 March 08 So I went to Pretoria, and met up with a collection of very nice, very friendly Afrikaans writers. And the conversation got around to awards. Jeez, they had rows of them. Shelves of trophies, medals, statues, prizes, handed out like smarties. And my inner four year old let out an...
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	Boekjol 03 March 08 So on Wednesday I'm off to Pretoria University for the Literary Festival. It's going to be fun, talking to groups of kids every day. I bought a pair of shoes with mice face to entertain the audience. I was thinking of giving one mouse a pirate eye patch. Actually what...
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	Handmade Books 03 March 08 I've started making little books again. This is my latest. It's one of my bigger ones - about twelve centimeters by eight, and four centimeters thick. The cover is nappa leather and gold snakeskin paper,and the leaves are handmade River Reed paper, made from the reeds that grow in the Liesbeek...
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