Early this morning, I woke up from a dream. In this dream, I was on the 11th floor of an apartment block. I don’t know much about the floor, the rooms and spaces, but there were a lot of people around. There was immediate lightning and thunder; clearly a storm was upon us. […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
Introducing: The Secret Ingredient Of…
It’s time! Step right up! My first book launch of 2020 has arrived. From today, you can purchase The Secret Ingredient Of at your preferred online bookstore or direct. Introducing: The Secret Ingredient Of… What’s it all about? Well, it’s basically about me making fun of cooking shows. And chefs. And ingredients. […]
The NormalNess Podcast – Season 2 Episode 2 – A Lesson In Owned Media
The NormalNess Podcast – Season 2 Episode 2 – A Lesson In Owned Media In this episode, I talk about the risks associated with building your blog, business, or other online activities solely on social media. You can listen below or subscribe via iTunes or Spotify. Links: A lesson in owned media (to see […]
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Now this is why I think about learning to paddle board. On Sunday evening I was sitting on a small boat ramp (canoe ramp?? It’s too small for boats) and timelapsing the sunset. Some kaykers had just come in and were putting their kayaks away, so I was standing off to the side […]
Four More Things I’d Like Humans To Stop Doing
You’ve read Four Things I’d Like Humans To Stop Doing, so here and now (LIKE RIGHT NOW) I present to you: Four More Things I’d Like Humans To Stop Doing: Hoarding Hopefully the beer virus is all over and we’re happy little campers by the time I publish this, but the toilet paper hoarding […]
The NormalNess Podcast – Season 2 Episode 1 – Welcome To Season 2
The NormalNess Podcast – Season 2 Episode 1 – Welcome To Season 2 In this short introduction to season 2, I cover why it took me 6 months to get around to another season of the podcast. Hint: life! You can listen below or subscribe via iTunes or Spotify. Links mentioned in the episode: […]
Random Weekend Chats From My Car #16
WOAH! A vlog! For the first time since January 2019. I cover off a bit of why (hint: it’s not interesting!) and have a catch up with you! Also it’s not a weekend, but hey, details…who needs them 🙂 Random Weekend Chats From My Car #16 TL;DR (or whatever it is for […]
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My phone just tried to change constipation to conscription and that would be a weird story. I don’t understand why people like Amazon. Their website doesn’t even work. I was looking at a product and changed the settings to “ship to Australia” and it still showed me things I couldn’t even fucking buy because […]
Book Review: On Writing by Charles Bukowski
On Writing was a book I accidentally came across in a library catalogue and deliberately got out on loan. On Writing by Charles Bukowski I loved this book. It talked about writing however you want. Including mentions of being an author who doesn’t care about spelling. I admire the pre-internet ability to […]
It Has All Been Done
Nothing is original any more. It has all been done before. I’ve seen that idea somewhere else. Who DOESN’T know this? It Has All Been Done Yep, it probably has all been done before. So What? Not everyone has heard what you heard in formative years. Sometimes it didn’t stick […]