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brookethechicken
@brookethechicken Sep 20, 2017, 6:11 PM UTC

Stationery Versus Stationary and Why I Give a Crap

I’m part of a Facebook group which has more than 100k members. Naturally, in a group this large, one which is not geographically specific, the members come from all areas of the globe. Last week a me…

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brookethechicken
@brookethechicken Dec 13, 2016, 12:41 PM UTC

Our Favourite Childrens Books: The High Street – by Alice Melvin

The High Street is an utterly charming children’s picture book that I found in the bookshop at my local hospital. The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne has this tiny little bookshop which for the most par…

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brookethechicken
@brookethechicken Dec 5, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

Flowers Love Little Red Sports Cars But Not Motorbikes

When I was younger but not living at home, each Saturday morning I'd have breakfast with my Dad. We were extremely close and every Saturday he would pick me up from my house on his motorbike at 7am a…

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@brookethechicken Nov 30, 2016, 12:41 PM UTC

Our Favourite Picture Books - Why “Love Is My Favourite Thing” is our favourite thing.

We went through a bit of a library phase a while back. It so happens that there is a library just up the road from our studio and on a whim one day when I didn't want to hang around with the swiss ba…

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@brookethechicken Nov 28, 2016, 9:35 AM UTC

How To Cultivate A Lifelong Love In Your Kids

I have an addiction. It's a healthy addiction though. To books. Also to donuts. And liquorish. But that’s another story. And less healthy. So anyway, I’m a bibliophile. A book worm. A heavy reader. B…

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@brookethechicken Nov 24, 2016, 12:56 PM UTC

Why Do I Keep Drawing Pears?

Seriously, it's a thing with me. If you happen to look closely, like with a magnifying glass, at the picture of me at my desk from my intro post you'll notice that I'm painting pears. I'm not sure wh…

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@brookethechicken Nov 22, 2016, 3:45 PM UTC

Time Out In The Dunce Parenting Corner And My Love Hate Relationship With My Smoke Alarm

About a year ago we had a bit of a household ‘situation’ that was much funnier in hindsight when I came across some of the photographic evidence the other day. I thought it might be entertaining read…

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@brookethechicken Nov 20, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

The Ghost Of Drawings Past.

I drew this when I was about 17 I think. I still had a hella lot of hobbies, but they were mostly art related and I spent the greatest amount of my time working on my drawing and sketching techniques…

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brookethechicken
@brookethechicken Nov 17, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

My name is Brooke. I’m not a chicken. Or a specialist. Or an arsehat.

I am, however, excited to be here. Along with everyone else, I’m excited by the potential of this new platform, but also, from what I’ve seen in my first little look around, what is coming out of thi…

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