August 3, 2014
Bit more breathing. Way less clinging.
It’s the most beautiful Sunday. The not-at-all wintery kind of winter Sunday where the sun…
July 14, 2014
Guarding the octopus
I’ve been a crotchety mole this afternoon. Screechy in fact. The school holidays are in…
July 11, 2014
How Moo came to be 6 and other stories
Yesterday was Moo’s 6th birthday. We had a crazy, fun, busy day. For most of…
July 1, 2014
Why I haven’t been writing Part 1
I have achieved a lot in the last week, but I have not been winning…
June 7, 2014
There’s meant to be a red rubber donkey in our house
I was meant to be somewhere else today. But because I wasn’t there I was…
June 4, 2014
The Goddam motherworker lives on
I wrote this one a year or so ago. In the depths of sick kids…
June 2, 2014
Underwhelming overwhelmed
Being overwhelmed is such a waste of time. I keep doing it and then I…
May 25, 2014
Moving right along
It's time to take the plunge. I've been faffing around the outside of my support…
May 12, 2014
Foiled by The Adjustment Bureau
So I missed my flight home. Just a comedy of little errors in timing and…
April 25, 2014
The 18 year old love story
If I knew it was you I was having when I found out I was…
April 13, 2014
Hardly strong
I woke up smiling this morning. Now that's been a while coming. I'm not sure…
March 27, 2014
My brother wears a suit
I spent the day at a clearing sale with my Dad. This is not 'stop…
March 23, 2014
The Sunday Melancholy
I love autumn in our town. The mornings are cool but the sun still comes…
March 20, 2014
Save yourself
I had a knee arthroscopy today. My right knee has been pretty dodgy ever since…
March 15, 2014
What’s the point?
My ego has been a bit bruised (OK, hemorrhaging) for a few days. Sulking. Frowning at…
March 8, 2014
Precious
My friends saved me today. They saved me from drowning in hurt and heartbreak and betrayal…
March 1, 2014
Taking one for the team
I’ve always been really competitive. On reflection I think it started about the time I…