Can you believe it was the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on Saturday? Even my local fire station - pictured above - paid tribute. Reading all the recollections swept me back in time. I was living in Singapore 20 years ago, editing CLEO magazine. On the morning of September 11, I was blithely... Continue Reading →

OK, I did it. I didn't do it very well and I couldn't do it again, because I only had one canned cocktail to open with a flourish. DD and I guzzled the other three - they come in 4-packs - on Sunday. We couldn’t help ourselves, they were so delicious. Rookie error. I also... Continue Reading →

I have two ancient books that I’ve been sticky taping recipes into over the decades. I started the first one when I was a teenager. They’re so old that the sticky tape has stopped being sticky in most cases - the books are falling apart and filled with little loose clippings. Those recipes - plus... Continue Reading →

I bought myself a "live beauty light" when I was at Woolies yesterday. Well, Woolies doesn't sell them, but they were in the window of the shop next door and I went “oooooooooh!” Live beauty lights are ring lights with a holder for your mobile phone in the middle of them. I got one to... Continue Reading →

Gotta love a boyfriend who drops over on a Tuesday night to fix your kitchen cupboard door and your grey roots. Well, you don't gotta, but I'm pretty stoked. The cupboard door fell off last week, while I’ve been sporting an impressive swathe of regrowth. DD answered my distress call and trekked south to ensure... Continue Reading →

If there had been a pandemic when I was a kid, I don’t think I’d have noticed many changes to my life. I grew up in Newcastle in the ‘70s. Lives were much smaller back then. Our most exotic family holidays were a couple of trips to Surfers Paradise. The rest of my school breaks... Continue Reading →

My mornings are very relaxed these days - I don’t need to get ready for work and the kids no longer require lifts to far-flung bus stops for school. So I start each day with a relaxed scroll through my phone in bed, then I walk the dogs to my local coffee shop. I will... Continue Reading →

Forget the wheels falling off ... my kitchen cupboard door fell off on Wednesday night and that was it for me. I was soooooooooo grumpy for the next 12 hours. It literally just came off in my hands when I was unpacking the dishwasher. I'm not entirely sure why I was sooooooooooo grumpy about it.... Continue Reading →

There are so many rules in NSW these days, I'm having trouble deciding whether I'm following them correctly. The wowsers would say it's easy to follow the rules during hard lockdown: just stay home. But we've been in lockdown for a loooooong time now, and we're going slightly kooky at home. For example, I published... Continue Reading →

How do you feel about Zoom meetings in the age of COVID? I think it's awesome that we've realised everyone doesn't have to be in the same room to communicate effectively. It’s going to save companies so much money in airfares when/if our borders open. Unfortunately, I find the way I look in Zoom meetings... Continue Reading →