the end was just the beginning
Two years after moving into my house, I still can't park my car in the garage because there's so much removal stuff jammed in there. Boxes are stacked everywhere. I'm a little ashamed of that chaos and my failure to resolve it. My chest feels a bit like my garage at the moment. So many... Continue Reading →
The real world can be a bit of a shock after the beauty of the Margaret River. On Monday morning, as I sat working remotely in a Perth hotel room, I got a call from my sister: our dad was on his way to hospital in an ambulance. Our mum was on a cruise ship.... Continue Reading →
There were moments during my weekend in the Margaret River when my jaw would literally drop at the beauty of the scenery. Put it on your bucket list. In pen. I can't believe I tried to talk DD out of driving down from Perth. We only had three days for the trip, I thought we... Continue Reading →
I'm sitting at Perth Airport waiting to fly home, feeling a little sad to leave a place I really haven't had a chance to explore properly. We arrived on Sunday evening and wandered to a local pub for a dodgy marinated lamb pizza (it tasted a bit like the marinade was toothpaste) and a few... Continue Reading →
It's a strange Oscars for me this year. I'm feeling a bit off following the news that Bill Paxton has died. I hung out with him one night at the opening of Planet Hollywood Sydney. He was so lovely. Here's what I had to say about our meeting in Cosmo magazine: "I spot Bill Paxton... Continue Reading →
The secret is out ... if you've been following me on social media you'll have guessed already why this blog post is late ... I'm in Western Australia! When DD suggested going to Western Australia with him - he has a board meeting and fancy pants dinner party at a Chairman's house - he was... Continue Reading →
There appear to have been no serious repercussions from the Mummy Loses It incident. The youngest yelled "Byeeeeee, Love you!" as she exited the car at school yesterday morning. I still feel a bit crap about it, but you live and learn. The healing process has been helped by her early birthday present - a... Continue Reading →
Many moons ago I wrote a blog post called "Mummy yelled at me and I cried". It recalled the joy of Education Day at the kids' primary school in 2012, when I started reading the kids' “My Weekend” diaries and was chastened by their unique take on the family’s leisure activities: One entry said: “Daddy yelled... Continue Reading →
Magazines were a pretty fabulous place to work ... back in the day. I hear they're fairly soul-destroying now, what with bulldozed budgets and decimated circulations (actually, circulation isn't even audited any more by most of them because it's so parlous) and fear of the unknown. Sure, there were downsides when I occupied a harbourview... Continue Reading →
Yesterday sucked. I was minding my own business, eating Vegemite toast, when the brace on the back of my front teeth snapped. Hurrah, I thought, there's another freaking expensive bill to add to all the other freaking expensive bills that never stop piling up. My local NIB dental care centre told me it didn't have... Continue Reading →
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