I’ve been lucky enough to live overseas twice in my life. I spent two years in Singapore as the editor of CLEO magazine and almost a year in New York as the wife of Knight-Bagehot Fellow. The Singapore stint came a couple of months after I got married – we had the most awesomely carefree […]
Have you thought to yourself during the bushfire crisis: “Those heartless bastards at [insert name] haven’t donated a cent to bushfire relief”? I haven’t. I’ve been thrilled by all the people and organisations that have donated, but I’m not keeping tally of those who haven’t. Amazon announced yesterday that it is donating $1million to bushfire […]
It goes without saying that the bushfire crisis in Australia is beyond crazy. The smell of smoke hung heavily in the air at my place yesterday morning. I hear the smell of Australian bushfire smoke is even hanging heavily in the air in Argentina. Fortunately, the most wonderful burst of rain arrived at lunch time. […]
A friend was planning to throw a party this weekend, but she’s cancelled because it seemed wrong to celebrate when so many bushfire victims are suffering. I’ve been feeling similarly conflicted about posting on social media. It feels weird to share smiley snaps at such an unhappy time for Australia. Not that I’ve been doing […]
I blogged about complimenting a stranger earlier this week and yesterday a stranger complimented me! I’ve decided it was the universe paying back the nice. I wrote a story for Drinks Trade about what the drinks industry is doing to raise money and provide support to bushfire relief. A woman from one of the companies I […]
These school holidays have been a bit of a revelation to me – its the first time both kids have been quite independent while I’ve been working. In the past it’s always been a stressful juggle of parenting responsibilities with office ones. But on Monday, I only saw the youngest briefly when she asked if […]
As I was walking to the gym yesterday, I passed a young woman wearing an emerald green dress that looked absolutely fantastic on her. I thought, bugger it, I’m going to tell her. So I said: “You look gorgeous! I love your dress.” She seemed really chuffed and said thank you … then I overthought […]
How was your weekend? Mine was all over the place, literally and figuratively. Actually, on the literal front I was mainly on the road to DD’s place. It’s a pity I didn’t earn Frequent Flyer points each time I drove the 40 minutes north over the Christmas break – I’d have enough for free flights […]
My daughter was supposed to be coming home from a family holiday today, but it’s too dangerous. She’s staying at her paternal grandparents’ house in Albury with her dad. He thought he’d attempt to drive back this morning, but changed his mind yesterday afternoon. When you see the bushfire map of NSW it’s not hard […]
Just before Christmas, I was midway through a moan about life to my hairdresser when he held up his hand and said: “Stop, that’s enough. I’ve spent the past few weeks listening to people moan all day and I can’t deal with it any more.” Oh! OK … “Let’s find something funny to talk about […]
