the end was just the beginning
I came across this photograph of myself in second grade a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to stop staring at it. There's something wonderfully knowing and bright and mischievous and indomitable in those eyes. That's a little person who's determined to take on the world and win. I wrote a blog about... Continue Reading →
I've been very, very jealous of DD over the past week. He's been in San Francisco for a conference. Lucky him. We were in San Francisco together five months ago ... Sigh. I loved the city, it felt very Sydney and non-intimidating and fun. And I loved being there with him. DD and I had... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was National Best Friend Day in America and celebrites marked it by sharing pics of their best friends on Instagram. It made me feel like a weirdo because I don't have a best friend. Are adults supposed to have best friends? Is it odd that I don't? I have lots of good friends. Does... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a pretty monumental day in American politics. Hilary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination after decisive victories in the California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries. As Vox writes: America has hosted 56 presidential elections — 33 of them before women received the right to vote. Exactly zero of those elections featured a... Continue Reading →
My ex and I have spent a looooooooot of time together over the past six days. It's been a bit weird but mostly fine. The interaction doesn't bother me like it once did. I think my heart must be almost healed. We had dinner at his place with the kids on Saturday night, following the... Continue Reading →
I'm a little blitzed and a lot proud. The youngest just spent the last three days at Netball Central in Homebush, competing in the National Skipping Championships. We pretty much decided Team Teal were going just for fun because they'd faced a very difficult decision at the start of the year: two of the girls... Continue Reading →
It was one of those serendipitous moments ... I was having dinner at DD's mate Cliff's place when he mentioned he'd bought two tickets to New Order but his wife couldn't make it because she was going overseas. It being a small world, she and DD headed off to the same conference in San Francisco... Continue Reading →
My youngest daughter is competing in the National Skipping Championships at Homebush this weekend, just moments from where from my old school friend Kathleen Folbigg is incarcerated at Mulawa Detention Centre. So I decided it was a great opportunity to pay Kathy a visit, especially after fellow friends had told me she was feeling a... Continue Reading →
I'm embarrassed to confess I was a little hazy on the "greatest" things Muhammad Ali did ... but my heart still hurt to hear he'd died. "After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died this evening," Bob Gunnell, a... Continue Reading →
I hate talking on the phone. Hate, hate, HATE IT. Always have, always will. I feel physically ill at the mere thought of dialling a number and having to speak to a human - or even a robot - at the other end. It's my idea of heaven when I can make an appointment or... Continue Reading →
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