Annette Higgs
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Writer. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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À la recherche du temps perdu
A meditation on time
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu
1 day ago
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The Compromises
... a few to mention
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-compromises
9 days ago
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SIGNED
The Big Day
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/signed
16 days ago
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Brick Questions
I have a few
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/brick-questions
23 days ago
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The Estimator
Why she is your best friend
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-estimator
30 days ago
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Finding a Builder
... the many pitfalls
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/finding-a-builder
about 1 month ago
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Let There Be Light
The lighting plan
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/let-there-be-light
4 months ago
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Pros and Cons
Of a passive house
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/pros-and-cons
4 months ago
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The Front Door
"Welcome"
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-front-door
4 months ago
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Stormwater and its Costs
Is this too boring?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/stormwater-and-its-costs
4 months ago
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Tile Choice
What a difference a salesperson makes
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/tile-choice
5 months ago
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Home Show AGAIN
This time with focus
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/home-show-again-243
5 months ago
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Powder Room
Interior design fun
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/powder-room
5 months ago
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Status Update
Where are we at?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/status-update
5 months ago
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An Intriguing House
In the Blue Mountains
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/an-intriguing-house
6 months ago
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Stormwater
Who knew?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/stormwater
6 months ago
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The "CC Phase"
What does that mean?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-cc-phase
6 months ago
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Tiny Home
A Digression ...
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/tiny-home
6 months ago
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Neglected Books
6 months ago
Rose Macaulay's Personal Pleasures (1936), a sublime collection of 80 short essays on quotidian pleasures. You know you're going to love a book that subdivides the subject of "Bed" into "1. Getting into it" and "2. Not getting out of it." Reissued by Handheld Press in 2021.
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The Slab
Waffles and rafts
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-slab
7 months ago
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Sunshowers
That outdoor shower vibe
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/sunshowers
7 months ago
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Back to Council
S.4.55 Amendment
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/back-to-council
7 months ago
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Adam Keiper
7 months ago
I experienced something new yesterday. For the first time in my quarter-century career as an editor, I edited something in which the writer used a hyphen, an en-dash, and an em-dash all in one sentence—and used each one correctly. I was floored.
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Reflections
On the ceiling
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/reflections
7 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
7 months ago
It is scorching. Too hot to write Oh dear
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Air Quality
Fresh air indoors
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/air-quality
8 months ago
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Downsizing
Pros and cons
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/downsizing
8 months ago
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Construction
'It's not a race'
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/construction
8 months ago
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Wallpaper
A decorative interlude
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/wallpaper
8 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
9 months ago
I have marked our room with a x.
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Exterior Finishes
That corrugated iron look ...
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/exterior-finishes
9 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
9 months ago
I can't find a shop that sells bookmarks.
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Benjamin Dreyer
9 months ago
As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.
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Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers
To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …
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Appliances
"Not included"
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/appliances
9 months ago
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The Toilet
To bidet or not to bidet
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-toilet
9 months ago
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Amending
Another approval required
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/amending
9 months ago
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What's happening at the block?
The neighbours get underway
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/whats-happening-at-the-block
10 months ago
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Tough & Beautiful
Corten steel for gardens
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/tough-and-beautiful
10 months ago
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'A Record High'
The cost of building a new house
https://open.substack.com/pub/annettehiggs/p/a-record-high?r=10j3qq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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'A Record High'
The cost of building a new house
https://open.substack.com/pub/annettehiggs/p/a-record-high?r=10j3qq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
Thanks very much for loan of anorak, am finding it invaluable.
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
We are in Austria, land of tarts.
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
The card is the scene of our Sunday lunch (sandwiches & beer outside in the garden) when 2 wasps fell in Rob's beer.
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The Seidler House
More great ideas from Harry
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-seidler-house
10 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
A certain loneliness, aloof. She swoons at the mention of Blackpool. You would love her.
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
English kids are hellish.
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Postcard From The Past
10 months ago
I wanted to see Gwen's grave but there are so many unmarked ones we couldn't find it.
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❤️ Helen Garner. And this is a great article
add a skeleton here at some point
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