How was your weekend? Mine started with a trip to Newcastle for my dad's birthday. I got him a dad joke book and a lottery pack because 83 year olds are very hard to buy for. The shop assistant at Dymocks terrified me when I bought the book by firing dad jokes at me while... Continue Reading →
Pushing in
I've made friends with the female baristas at a cafe near Wynyard Station. They welcome me by name and know my coffee order. Those little things put a smile on my face in the morning. It was crazy busy when I walked in yesterday and they accidentally ignored a middle-aged male waiting to place his... Continue Reading →
What next?
I’m blaming it on my life stage - a mid-50s woman with teenage children, ageing parents and a late 50s boyfriend - but I seem to be constantly messaging my boss with health crises. Yesterday morning I sent her a Teams message that started with the words "as you are probably beginning to realise ...... Continue Reading →
The truth is out there
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you put a headline in my newsfeed that reads "My Dad Was A Famous Alien Abductee. I Thought He Was A Joke — Now I'm Not So Sure" I will click on it. The article was written by a man who grew up thinking his father was... Continue Reading →
Community notification
I hardly ever check my letterbox any more, do you? Remember when it was an exciting repository for postcards from friends traveling overseas, letters from pen pals and monthly newsletters from fan clubs and badge makers (OK maybe that last one was just me). Now there’s just the occasional bill you’ve forgotten to switch to... Continue Reading →
Oh to be de-aged
I am quietly panicking about the looming deadline for my book. I tried to break the back of it over the weekend, but life kept getting in the way. I was madly typing on Saturday at 11.55am when I got a text from the youngest about borrowing the car. I replied that she was welcome... Continue Reading →
My manuscript
I got an email yesterday from a nice man/editor called Jeremy at a publishing company that said: "Looking forward to your manuscript!" Before you get too excited, it's not the manuscript you might be expecting me to write. It's a commissioned gig via Drinks Digest. But it still sounds exciting don't you reckon? My name... Continue Reading →
Dancing with Dickies
Jameson Irish Whiskey and fashion label Dickies have launched a collaboration called Crafted Together and I was invited to the launch party last night at a very cool bar called Earl's Juke Joint in Newtown. It was quite the scene, with Jameson cocktails, free Dickies/Jameson t-shirts, a DJ, live music and food by a famous... Continue Reading →
Whisked to the city
I dragged poor DD into the city last night to attend the Nikka Perfect Serve competition after party at Burrow Bar. When the invitation arrived weeks ago it seemed like a fun way to spend a Tuesday night, sipping Japanese whisky cocktails mixed by the best bartenders in Australia. But yesterday dawned pretty wet and... Continue Reading →
Very tempting
DD sent me a TikTok last night about a three-year cruise that costs $50,000 a year including all meals and wifi. When you think about it that’s actually a bargain. For three whole years you’d have no car-associated costs, no electricity or gas bills, no rent, no groceries … It’s less than $1000 a week... Continue Reading →
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