the end was just the beginning
It was pretty rough to learn on Earth Day that 93% of the Great Barrier Reef has been impacted by bleaching. “I have cried. I have broken down in front of cameras. This is the most devastating, gut-wrenching fuck up,” Professor Justin Marshall, of the University of Queensland, told The Guardian yesterday. "This is Australia’s... Continue Reading →
Have you ever forgotten for a moment that someone you love has passed away and reached for the phone to call them? It still happens to me with my grandmother, all these years later. Divorce can be a bit like that. Sometimes you forget, ever so briefly, that your relationship is dead. I took the... Continue Reading →
I lied when I said I was getting better yesterday. I felt like shite. But it's so boring when people moan, moan, complain, complain. It also felt a little surreal to still be sick after more than two weeks. I suspect I'd have recovered faster if I'd spent a bit more time resting on the... Continue Reading →
I can't quite believe I'm writing the words: Prince Rogers Nelson has died at age 57. "It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died at his Paisley Park residence this morning," his publicist Yvette Noel-Schure said. Police responded to a medical call and found... Continue Reading →
I think I'm finally getting better. It's been more than two weeks of snot and misery. I've sneezed my way through the kids' school holidays, visits with friends, bleary dates with DD, job interviews ... DD was quite horrified to be sent a picture of how my dining table looked after an old friend popped... Continue Reading →
My dear friend and fellow blogger Franki Hobson wrote a blog this week called "What it's really like to be ginger." It was sparked by the Ginger Pride Rally in Melbourne last week, organised by Buderim Ginger. Over the years, Franki spent thousands of dollars on becoming a bottle redhead and noted "While I did... Continue Reading →
OK, I'm just going to come right out and say it: I've never watched porn. Is that weird? How can someone be 48 and never even glimpse porn? From what the media tells me, kids start watching it on the internet when they're - this is confronting - 10 years old (and it rewires their brains... Continue Reading →
There's nothing like Facebook telling you it's your first boyfriend's 50th birthday to make you feel ... Mature. It's a startling reminder of how long it's been since I was a teenager. I met my boyfriend in high school. My friends trailed after his friends, who were in the year above us and therefore far... Continue Reading →
Many of you will be asking: "What is Coachella 2016?" And: "Why should I care?" Well, if you're under 30 you'll care because all the cool under 30 people - and Cindy Crawford - are there. That Kylie Jenner person, Brooklyn Beckham, Ava Philippe (Reese Witherspoon's daughter), Hailey Baldwin ... So you'll be pleased to... Continue Reading →
There were plenty of signs my marriage was ending long before it did, but I didn't see them. I was in denial. Four years ago, the travel editor of the Sun Herald - a friend of my ex-husband - commissioned me to write a story about an 18-day cruise to Hawaii. I was freelancing at... Continue Reading →
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