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The Hallway
Funny letters from a house with two teenagers
A funny letter every Sunday about the kitchen, the hallway and the two teenagers in between.
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A new letter every Sunday about the kitchen, the hallway and the two teenagers in between.
6 min read
Dinner where nobody looked at a phone
It lasted eleven minutes, and it was the best eleven minutes of the week.
4 min read
Every shoe in the hallway, counted
Twenty-three shoes, four people, one theory about where they come from.
Downloads and courses
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E-book
$9
The Hallway Letters
Fifty of my favourite letters, collected and lightly tidied, as an e-book.
PDF
$7
Family Meeting Cards
Thirty printable cards for a Sunday family meeting, some serious and some not.
PDF
$4
Chore Chart for Teenagers
A printable chart with jobs teenagers might actually agree to.
PDF
$5
Things They Said Notebook
A printable notebook for writing down what your children say before you forget it.
PDF
$6
Kitchen Sketch Starter
Ten sketch ideas for filming at home, with how I set up the phone.
E-book
$5
The Holiday Letters
Twelve letters from school holidays, from the first day to the last.
Video course
$49
Writing Funny About Your Family
Six lessons on turning what happens at home into short pieces people want to read.
Video course
$39
Short Sketches on Your Phone
Five lessons on filming one-minute sketches at home, with one phone and no crew.
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About me
I have two teenagers, a son of sixteen and a daughter of fourteen, and a hallway that is mostly shoes. I started writing about them to keep my sense of humour, and other parents started writing back to say their hallway looks the same.
Every Sunday I send one letter: something that happened in the kitchen that week, written down properly. In between I film small sketches with my phone propped on the cookbooks. My children have approved every word, after some negotiation.