DD and I are celebrating our seventh anniversary this month. We had our first "date" at the Terrey Hills Tavern on October 12, 2014. He’d messaged me a few days earlier via RSVP and we decided to meet at a halfway point for a quick cider. We laid our cards on the table during that... Continue Reading →

What do you want from your working life? For me, it’s boiling down to simple things: nice people, writing interesting things and being my true self. When the diversity & inclusion experts started talking about the importance of being your true self, I thought they were referring to things like sexuality and mental health. I’ve... Continue Reading →

I popped over to my sister’s house on Saturday night to sip champers at dusk in her spa. It's been a long time between visits - lockdown and the spa being retiled got in the way. In a moment of extremely poor planning, I got DD to do my roots a few hours prior. So... Continue Reading →

I went to a new dentist yesterday who remarked on the size of my tongue. You may recall the last dentist I saw said I had a “dominant tongue”. And he wasn’t referring to how much I talked. He meant it was disproportionately large for my mouth. My tongue is so big that it has... Continue Reading →

I am not a good friend to myself in the middle of the night. I spin my brain around like a roulette wheel, filling it with thoughts and fears and ideas. On Tuesday night I lay in bed fretting that I hadn't provided enough food to the family I cook for each week. When I... Continue Reading →

I was looking at the new NSW Premier as he launched "Freedom Day" earlier this week and I couldn't work out what was bothering me about the photos. Then the Member for Port Stephens noted on Facebook: "This is how the new Premier chose to present so-called ‘freedom day’. Men in positions of power at... Continue Reading →

Were you released from lockdown yesterday? Did you go out and celebrate? I grabbed my regular takeaway coffee and some lunch for the youngest, but that was the extent of my excursions on #freedomday. It felt pretty much the same as the past 106 days. However, Facebook was filled with friends toasting the moment, while... Continue Reading →

A former colleague shared a photo on Facebook of her cow last week, with the caption: "Someone needs to tell Norman his head is now too small for his body #covidkilos." I think we're all looking a little like Norman after months in lockdown: stout and shaggy. My hairdresser can’t fit me in until November... Continue Reading →