OK, the heading on this blog post might be a little misleading because ... I don't know whether it's actually a tummy bug and I have no idea what the final bill will be. Charlie the Moodle was admitted to animal hospital on Saturday. He hadn't been eating all week and gruesome things started coming... Continue Reading →

Remember DD's birthday present fail? You know, that weekend I took him to the Blue Mountains to see one of his favourite comedians, Kitty Flanagan, perform ... but got the time wrong and we missed it ... Well, I wanted to make it right. There was just one big problem: Kitty wasn't performing again anywhere... Continue Reading →

I felt a wave of unexpected sadness when I glimpsed Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest for the first time since scattering my grandparents' ashes in the Myall River. I'd been so excited to go back and revisit all my favourite spots last week but, as I crested the hil into town, the reality was more... Continue Reading →

I'm still crook, so I'm just going to share a post I wrote - but didn't publish - when I wasn't supposed to be blogging ... It's about how I accidentally invited DD over for bangers and mash on NRL Grand Final night. It's a bit ancient, but it saves my poor aching head from... Continue Reading →

I'm baaaaaaaack! Well, just in body. My spirit might take a while to catch up. I'm crook. But more about that later. Let me start at the beginning. Actually, let me start at the last few sentences of the blog post I wrote before I took a break. The words started out innocently enough: "I’m... Continue Reading →

I almost fell off my chair at Norths Leagues Club on Wednesday night when the eldest texted me and asked: "How's your week been so far?" I'm lucky if she answers my text messages, let alone sends unsolicited ones. Sigh, teenagers. Sure enough, her dad told her to do it. Ah, well. It was nice... Continue Reading →

Most of my magazine mates have drifted away, as they do when you leave an industry. We "like" the occasional photo each other posts on Facebook, but that's about it. But I do love a catch up with the old crowd. All those years in the trenches together mean we speak each other's manic language. Two... Continue Reading →

They put my bunny down yesterday. Well, she wasn't my bunny any more. I gave her away when we sold the family home three years ago. My friend who took her sent a message to let me know. She had tumours in her lungs. Poor Bells. Getting that message swept me back to a time... Continue Reading →

My sister and I are very different but we are very the same. I know she will understand when I tell her about the issues I'm having in my life. I tried to have coffee with her yesterday morning to unload, but she wasn't available prior to my planned trip to IKEA (they had cool... Continue Reading →