How nice would it be to laze in a bedroom like that? Mine looks like a bomb site at the moment because I haven’t had a spare second over the past week to do anything other than fling clothes on and off. I made it through another loooooooong work shift yesterday - finishing up at... Continue Reading →

My sister stayed with me last night and we had an unexpectedly fun time exploring the suburb that I've lived in for the past few years. I say unexpectedly because I don’t tend to go out much locally. I mostly head up DD’s way. When I’m at home I tend to cook something for myself.... Continue Reading →

Two of my (many) obsessions are to see the northern and southern auroras and to dance in waves of bioluminescence. They’re magical things and my heart yearns to be dazzled by their surreal beauty in real life, not just pictures. But I keep being thwarted, being so near and missing my moment. A massive geomagnetic... Continue Reading →

I’ve had such a crazy few days … even for me. I am a bit shattered. I flew to Melbourne on Thursday afternoon to attend the Australasian Reporting Awards. The timing of the awards serendipitously coincided with DD's Melbourne-based workplace hosting a big celebration dinner, so I scored a free hotel room and transfers to... Continue Reading →

I started my reporting career 40 years ago at the Newcastle Herald and today I'm off to a very different kind of reporting event. Its called the Australian Seminar on Reporting and it has the theme of 'Moving Forward into a New Era - The Pace of Change is Accelerating’. Sounds pretty sexy, huh? But... Continue Reading →

I went to the 2025 NSW Sommelier’s Wine List of the Year awards last night. Ironically, Drinks Digest didn’t score an invite, I was attending for my day job. The 2025 awards were held at Strangers Dining Room in NSW Parliament House. NSW Parliament House is a funny old place, quite unexpectedly casual. They put... Continue Reading →

I dropped the youngest's old skipping uniforms off last night. I got a call asking if I could pass them on for kids to wear to the upcoming national skipping championships. I felt a bit sad as I folded them up and put them in the bag. It seemed like the final chapter of a... Continue Reading →

My newest resolution is to get outdoors more, so I put DD through his paces over the weekend. Well, to be fair, we put each other through our paces. The weekend started with dinner at Lovat in Newport. We joined a few of DD’s local gang for steaks and lots of dirty martinis. Well, DD... Continue Reading →

Cows have washed up on a NSW Mid North Coast beach after being swept down a creek and out to sea by floodwaters. Nearly 50,000 people have been left isolated by the weather and hundreds have needed to be rescued. Record flood levels were broken at Taree, where the Manning River surpassed the 1929 record... Continue Reading →

I am hopeful that I've turned a corner in my empty nester journey. It's been almost three days since I’ve shed a tear. I have decided getting my apartment in shape and sorting out all the cupboards will be my temporary purpose while I search for a more permanent one. The first step was building... Continue Reading →