Vianne Max
@viannemax.bsky.social
Writer, traveller, educator. 🦊 Aotearoa/the Shire.💜 Lover of whimsy, rebellion, tea and crumpets. 🏴 🇳🇿 🇵🇱
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Vianne Max
@viannemax.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Escape this madness into a new world with…
* adventure
* feisty Kiwi heroines
* cinnamon roll (and hot as hell) heroes
* giant psychic cats to ride across a mountain city
* standing up to bullies
* found family
* the Mutinous Piglet pub
* psychotic goddesses
* screamingly strong coffee
#Booksky
* adventure
* feisty Kiwi heroines
* cinnamon roll (and hot as hell) heroes
* giant psychic cats to ride across a mountain city
* standing up to bullies
* found family
* the Mutinous Piglet pub
* psychotic goddesses
* screamingly strong coffee
#Booksky
Physical books, but I’ve started listening to audiobooks on my commute (a touch dangerous as I picture the scenes when I listen/read).
I often recommend audiobooks for students who struggle with reading /focus.
#booksky
I often recommend audiobooks for students who struggle with reading /focus.
#booksky
Let's talk about reading. Do you prefer physical books, audiobooks, Kindle/e-reader or some combination of one or more of the aforementioned formats?
Please note: This is a non-ableist, judgment free zone, so please don't knock people who don't consume books the same way you do.
Please note: This is a non-ableist, judgment free zone, so please don't knock people who don't consume books the same way you do.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Physical books, but I’ve started listening to audiobooks on my commute (a touch dangerous as I picture the scenes when I listen/read).
I often recommend audiobooks for students who struggle with reading /focus.
#booksky
I often recommend audiobooks for students who struggle with reading /focus.
#booksky
Big Boom, heading this way!😀😬
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Big Boom, heading this way!😀😬
Currently at and English Teachers’ conference and…I am genuinely horrified how chaotic the roll-out of the rushed new curriculum is. It’s not even fully designed or tested and we are supposed to start teacher it in February.
#nzpol
#education
#nzeducation
#nzpol
#education
#nzeducation
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Currently at and English Teachers’ conference and…I am genuinely horrified how chaotic the roll-out of the rushed new curriculum is. It’s not even fully designed or tested and we are supposed to start teacher it in February.
#nzpol
#education
#nzeducation
#nzpol
#education
#nzeducation
Countryside calm, no matter the weather.💜
Aotearoa/the Shire.
Aotearoa/the Shire.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Countryside calm, no matter the weather.💜
Aotearoa/the Shire.
Aotearoa/the Shire.
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Reposted by Vianne Max
So the full title is COLOR TASTE TEXTURE: Recipes for Picky Eaters, Those with Food Aversion, and Anyone Who’s Ever Cringed at Food. I know that “picky eaters” is a loaded term, the sole purpose of it in the title is so it can be found by the most people. It’s used sparingly within the book itself.
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So the full title is COLOR TASTE TEXTURE: Recipes for Picky Eaters, Those with Food Aversion, and Anyone Who’s Ever Cringed at Food. I know that “picky eaters” is a loaded term, the sole purpose of it in the title is so it can be found by the most people. It’s used sparingly within the book itself.
😋
Mini Meatball recipe
1 lb mince meat (equal parts beef, pork, and chicken)
1 large egg
1/4th cup panko
1/4th cup grated Parmesan
2 tsp chopped parsley
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
Mix all together.
Form into balls, two tsp big.
Chill 1 hour.
400F oven for 10-15 minutes.
1 lb mince meat (equal parts beef, pork, and chicken)
1 large egg
1/4th cup panko
1/4th cup grated Parmesan
2 tsp chopped parsley
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
Mix all together.
Form into balls, two tsp big.
Chill 1 hour.
400F oven for 10-15 minutes.
Real happy with these little cuties.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
😋
Reposted by Vianne Max
You can hear a little bit more about food aversion from me (and some great takes from others) on this episode of ABC Radio National’s food program, Every Bite with Jonathan Green:
Food aversion — A spectrum of distaste - ABC listen
Eating can be a simple pleasure, but for some it's a struggle. Food aversions manifest in many ways, from simple picky eating to outright disgust. Very few of us don't have at least one or two foods t...
www.abc.net.au
August 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
You can hear a little bit more about food aversion from me (and some great takes from others) on this episode of ABC Radio National’s food program, Every Bite with Jonathan Green:
The Māori Studies class are practising a haka in the next classroom.😀🥰 It’s sounding awesome!
#māori
#tereo
#education
#māori
#tereo
#education
a woman is standing in a parliament holding a piece of paper and screaming .
Alt: a woman (Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke) is standing in a parliament ripping a piece of paper and singing a haka.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Māori Studies class are practising a haka in the next classroom.😀🥰 It’s sounding awesome!
#māori
#tereo
#education
#māori
#tereo
#education
It’s the creation and development that is the most fun.😀 I LOVE writing. When you’re deep into a scene and the words are flowing, it’s a great feeling and satisfying to weave all the elements of a story together.
I also love readers who connect with it and chat, then I know it worked.🥰
#booksky
I also love readers who connect with it and chat, then I know it worked.🥰
#booksky
I wouldn't have spent a zillion hours doing this if I did not enjoy the act of writing. Even when it's hard (especially when it's hard), it's so rewarding. It's so clarifying. When I finish something, sure I'm proud of it, but I'm already itching to shove it out of my way and start the next thing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s the creation and development that is the most fun.😀 I LOVE writing. When you’re deep into a scene and the words are flowing, it’s a great feeling and satisfying to weave all the elements of a story together.
I also love readers who connect with it and chat, then I know it worked.🥰
#booksky
I also love readers who connect with it and chat, then I know it worked.🥰
#booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Agreed.💜
We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Agreed.💜
Zach McGowan would be perfect for Eric, and a younger Lee Pace for Bryant.😉
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Zach McGowan would be perfect for Eric, and a younger Lee Pace for Bryant.😉
😀
In amusing AoNZ small events, COLOR TASTE TEXTURE is available on Trade Me (through The Nile).
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
😀
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And “Guy Fawkes Night” is celebrated in Aotearoa/NZ, which shows how far English propaganda from several hundred years ago reaches. Most of my students have no idea why it’s “celebrated” and when I tell them we used to make effigies of Fawkes and throw them on a communal bonfire, they’re horrified.
In the USA, you set off fireworks on the Forth of July to celebrate the successful independence from British Empire.
In the UK, you set off fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day to celebrate defeating the attempt to throw off the yoke of Empire.
In the UK, you set off fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day to celebrate defeating the attempt to throw off the yoke of Empire.
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
And “Guy Fawkes Night” is celebrated in Aotearoa/NZ, which shows how far English propaganda from several hundred years ago reaches. Most of my students have no idea why it’s “celebrated” and when I tell them we used to make effigies of Fawkes and throw them on a communal bonfire, they’re horrified.
It just takes one complaint. Several times over my teaching career (and in different countries) specific parents have tried to get books I’ve taught banned, each time not even bothering to read them. One parent saw the word “Hell” in the blurb of Tomorrow When the War Began and complained. 📚
Nah- the book-banning "Powers that Be" have never actually read the books they choose to ban. "Rich folks partying it up? Yeah, that's a keeper!" 😉
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It just takes one complaint. Several times over my teaching career (and in different countries) specific parents have tried to get books I’ve taught banned, each time not even bothering to read them. One parent saw the word “Hell” in the blurb of Tomorrow When the War Began and complained. 📚
Check out this lovely review of PARIAH, from the Isle of Storms series.😀🥰
www.amazon.com/Pariah-Viann...
#booksky #books #fantasy
www.amazon.com/Pariah-Viann...
#booksky #books #fantasy
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Check out this lovely review of PARIAH, from the Isle of Storms series.😀🥰
www.amazon.com/Pariah-Viann...
#booksky #books #fantasy
www.amazon.com/Pariah-Viann...
#booksky #books #fantasy
Money gives us FREEDOM - freedom from the stress and threat of poverty, and freedom to pursue our interests.
Without enough, each new bill or loss pushes us under.
It is a prison, hugely difficult to escape without help, and those who designed it will do anything to avoid taking responsibility.
Without enough, each new bill or loss pushes us under.
It is a prison, hugely difficult to escape without help, and those who designed it will do anything to avoid taking responsibility.
Sure, let poor folk pencil in “getting angry and organizing” in between working multiple jobs, taking care of children, and/or being permanently disabled and not having their basic living needs met.
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Money gives us FREEDOM - freedom from the stress and threat of poverty, and freedom to pursue our interests.
Without enough, each new bill or loss pushes us under.
It is a prison, hugely difficult to escape without help, and those who designed it will do anything to avoid taking responsibility.
Without enough, each new bill or loss pushes us under.
It is a prison, hugely difficult to escape without help, and those who designed it will do anything to avoid taking responsibility.
Post something random in the hope of a better November👇🏻
(The end of our students’ study of Macbeth…😁)
(The end of our students’ study of Macbeth…😁)
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Post something random in the hope of a better November👇🏻
(The end of our students’ study of Macbeth…😁)
(The end of our students’ study of Macbeth…😁)
😋
White Pizza 2-Ways (1 with spinach, capsicum, tomato and champagne ham, 1 with pepperoni and champagne ham) 🍕🍽️🍜
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
😋
💜🎃
Trinket wishes everyone a safe and Happy Halloween 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
💜🎃
Sometimes we are exactly where we mean to be.😁
🧵Spotted at a Country Fair in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (4?) in bare feet, green shorts and an orange T-shirt with a fish on it is standing next to the "I'm Lost" stand.
A grownup asks if he's lost and he says with absolute earnestness: "No, but my mum is." (1)
A small human (4?) in bare feet, green shorts and an orange T-shirt with a fish on it is standing next to the "I'm Lost" stand.
A grownup asks if he's lost and he says with absolute earnestness: "No, but my mum is." (1)
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sometimes we are exactly where we mean to be.😁