Tamara Kidd
@tamarakidd.bsky.social
CoDA carer. Emerging Author/Illustrator. Former Education Consultant, Sessional Academic, Teacher, Tutor, home ed parent, CIE, Rights of the Child and Montessori focussed.
The first of two updates. Now, what to write about in a longer post? Hmm. Ideas, anyone? substack.com/@tamarakidd/...
Tamara Kidd (@tamarakidd)
Nothing new to report. I’m still writing wherever I am. Still meeting online, and occasionally in person, with people in my writing community. This week will be our 212th consecutive Wednesday night t...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The first of two updates. Now, what to write about in a longer post? Hmm. Ideas, anyone? substack.com/@tamarakidd/...
Well, it's probably time to start 'reporting from the field' again. I had a pause on Substack posts, and thinking it's time to get back to posting, though. What's the 'pulse' on Substack? How are we thinking/feeling about it?
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well, it's probably time to start 'reporting from the field' again. I had a pause on Substack posts, and thinking it's time to get back to posting, though. What's the 'pulse' on Substack? How are we thinking/feeling about it?
I've been using Discord voice/video chat features to body double with those in my local writing group. Some days I'm alone, sometimes joined by 1 or 2. Up to 7 of us at any one time. ALL of us have pushed our projects forward. Company. Central activity. Deep appreciation.
October 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I've been using Discord voice/video chat features to body double with those in my local writing group. Some days I'm alone, sometimes joined by 1 or 2. Up to 7 of us at any one time. ALL of us have pushed our projects forward. Company. Central activity. Deep appreciation.
Damn it! Yet another platform taken a far right turn? #Substack
Disappointed Cat GIF
ALT: Disappointed Cat GIF
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August 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Damn it! Yet another platform taken a far right turn? #Substack
I'm working on a post for my paid subscribers, while posting daily notes. Another post about the Writing Retreat is also in the drafts.
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Tamara Kidd (@tamarakidd)
View from my writing desk, and a rainbow. I love all types of weather, but the kind that keeps you inside at the desk feels the most supportive. I had an errand a block away, and us locals talked abou...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm working on a post for my paid subscribers, while posting daily notes. Another post about the Writing Retreat is also in the drafts.
substack.com/@tamarakidd/...
substack.com/@tamarakidd/...
3 Months of avoiding social media and getting on with writing/illustrating books... kinda off the rails with my plan to stay off FB, as my writing group uses it to plan a writing retreat. Want me to "spam" photos of the retreat? aka sprinkle...
June 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3 Months of avoiding social media and getting on with writing/illustrating books... kinda off the rails with my plan to stay off FB, as my writing group uses it to plan a writing retreat. Want me to "spam" photos of the retreat? aka sprinkle...
Thank you to Micarlé from Fearless Homeschool for the wonderful interview. Part 1 and 2 are linked on my Substack, and the other podcast episodes in this series are on Youtube open.substack.com/pub/tamaraki...
Montessori inspired Home Education
Part 1 & 2 Interview with Fearless Homeschool
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March 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Thank you to Micarlé from Fearless Homeschool for the wonderful interview. Part 1 and 2 are linked on my Substack, and the other podcast episodes in this series are on Youtube open.substack.com/pub/tamaraki...
Home Ed rarely happens at home. It is learning about the world through active participation in the world. It doesn't look like following a curriculum designed for a school setting, based on classroom learning while isolated from the world. Can you register easily? open.substack.com/pub/tamaraki...
March 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Home Ed rarely happens at home. It is learning about the world through active participation in the world. It doesn't look like following a curriculum designed for a school setting, based on classroom learning while isolated from the world. Can you register easily? open.substack.com/pub/tamaraki...
3 separate times, first in Lyon, France, then Auckland, NZ and then in Sydney, Australia I’ve stumbled into an impromptu writing retreat, then I’ve been taken over by respiratory infections. My lungs crack and pop. Each time I was loved, and forced to take better care of myself.
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
3 separate times, first in Lyon, France, then Auckland, NZ and then in Sydney, Australia I’ve stumbled into an impromptu writing retreat, then I’ve been taken over by respiratory infections. My lungs crack and pop. Each time I was loved, and forced to take better care of myself.
Monday:
An 8 year old’s +1 at a funeral.
Pausing to sniff a rose and contemplate how kindness towards yourself and others contributes to be a wonderful default setting for life.
A recalibrating solo swim in ocean baths moves from a yearly minimum to a more regular event.
An 8 year old’s +1 at a funeral.
Pausing to sniff a rose and contemplate how kindness towards yourself and others contributes to be a wonderful default setting for life.
A recalibrating solo swim in ocean baths moves from a yearly minimum to a more regular event.
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Monday:
An 8 year old’s +1 at a funeral.
Pausing to sniff a rose and contemplate how kindness towards yourself and others contributes to be a wonderful default setting for life.
A recalibrating solo swim in ocean baths moves from a yearly minimum to a more regular event.
An 8 year old’s +1 at a funeral.
Pausing to sniff a rose and contemplate how kindness towards yourself and others contributes to be a wonderful default setting for life.
A recalibrating solo swim in ocean baths moves from a yearly minimum to a more regular event.
Surreal moment as I left Hobbiton on Friday 13th... couldn't believe I'd drive through the Windows background.
December 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Surreal moment as I left Hobbiton on Friday 13th... couldn't believe I'd drive through the Windows background.
Back home for a wee while. Long enough for cicadas, crows and kookaburras to fill up my ears.
Clothes washed. Bags repacked, bags are lighter this time. Last trip until this time next year.
See you soon, Tāmaki-makau-rau.
See you much later, Loughborough.
For now, sunsets and writing.
Clothes washed. Bags repacked, bags are lighter this time. Last trip until this time next year.
See you soon, Tāmaki-makau-rau.
See you much later, Loughborough.
For now, sunsets and writing.
December 3, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Back home for a wee while. Long enough for cicadas, crows and kookaburras to fill up my ears.
Clothes washed. Bags repacked, bags are lighter this time. Last trip until this time next year.
See you soon, Tāmaki-makau-rau.
See you much later, Loughborough.
For now, sunsets and writing.
Clothes washed. Bags repacked, bags are lighter this time. Last trip until this time next year.
See you soon, Tāmaki-makau-rau.
See you much later, Loughborough.
For now, sunsets and writing.
Canberra… unexpectedly creative. Significant headway on the writing. Looking forward to waking up to write more! A rare vibe, hope it sticks around 😉
November 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Canberra… unexpectedly creative. Significant headway on the writing. Looking forward to waking up to write more! A rare vibe, hope it sticks around 😉
Breathe art in, hold, feel, transmute a voice and then let it out. #WritingDay
November 23, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Breathe art in, hold, feel, transmute a voice and then let it out. #WritingDay
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
Anyone else turn a wall into a pinboard to plot books? Just me? Love to see your real or imagined walls 🖤🖤🖤
November 21, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Anyone else turn a wall into a pinboard to plot books? Just me? Love to see your real or imagined walls 🖤🖤🖤
You know you're at the serious part of the writing process when the original soundtrack for The Crow keeps you steadily moving through the work. #WritingFlow
a picture of a man with the words " can 't rain all the time " below him
ALT: a picture of a man with the words " can 't rain all the time " below him
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November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
You know you're at the serious part of the writing process when the original soundtrack for The Crow keeps you steadily moving through the work. #WritingFlow
Well, Meta has cut LGBTQI content and accounts. Fast becoming very toxic over there.
I've downloaded my fb content. It looks like Bluesky and Substack are now my spaces... ah MySpace... whatever happened to Tom?
My FB journey, Feb 2008-Nov 2024? That's on you, Marky.
I've downloaded my fb content. It looks like Bluesky and Substack are now my spaces... ah MySpace... whatever happened to Tom?
My FB journey, Feb 2008-Nov 2024? That's on you, Marky.
November 16, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Well, Meta has cut LGBTQI content and accounts. Fast becoming very toxic over there.
I've downloaded my fb content. It looks like Bluesky and Substack are now my spaces... ah MySpace... whatever happened to Tom?
My FB journey, Feb 2008-Nov 2024? That's on you, Marky.
I've downloaded my fb content. It looks like Bluesky and Substack are now my spaces... ah MySpace... whatever happened to Tom?
My FB journey, Feb 2008-Nov 2024? That's on you, Marky.
Grateful for the light in the dark that's called Bluesky... although I have had a Midnight Oil earworm since joining. Let's hope no mining, though.
Hi from Australia.
Hi from Australia.
November 14, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Grateful for the light in the dark that's called Bluesky... although I have had a Midnight Oil earworm since joining. Let's hope no mining, though.
Hi from Australia.
Hi from Australia.