I am thankful for the Tweets and even phone calls I got during the day asking, “Where are you? You haven’t posted today.” ‘Thankful’, even if it does put the pressure on me a little. But to explain, this time last night I was vomiting, and all today I have been in bed with a…
Here are the ingredients I was able to pick to go on top of my pizza the other night – and all from our garden! What looks like a chili is one of the sad capsicums that eventually came good (although it was slightly bitter). The smaller chili IS a chili, but I couldn’t use…
My sister sent Keira a birthday card this year with $20 inside. I didn’t know this before it arrived and so was as surprised as my daughter when that red note slipped out from the torn envelope. “Look at this!” cried Keira. “CASH!!!!!” And she waved that thing around like it was one of Willy…
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When Keira said she wanted a Looney Tunes cake this year, I kept asking, “Really? Are you sure?” I mean she’s only seen a handful of Tweetie Bird episodes and I was waiting for her to change her mind. She kept insisting and I said, “Okay! Just don’t be disappointed on the day when it’s…
It has been said that my favourite poet would often sit alone as a child and mutter to himself, “Alfred, Alfred, Alfred…” over and over in some sort of attempt to figure out the problem, the complexity, of self. His self. Goodness, don’t we all? We emerge from childhood into a fiery adolescence, then that gets molten into another…
Update: Pop has recovered well today. His colour is back and he ate a good breakfast. No word on whether they found cancer, but I’m looking at the positives. Thank you all for your good wishes. xxx ****** {image source} In another example of what appears to be a year of fuckupddyness of massive proportions,…
Curious to know a bit more about the upcoming Emerging Writers’ Festival? Or me? (What? You don’t talk about yourself enough here, you think? You might be surprised 😉 Well if you’re interested, here are the details: Saturday 16th May Radio 3MBS The Accidental Arts program I will be on the air at approximately 12.30pm…
Keira, your father took this shot the night before you were born. That is a size ‘S’ Banana Republic t-shirt and pants. I am sticking my stomach out a little. You fitted so neatly, so perfectly inside, that many people didn’t even know I was pregnant until I mentioned the fact. Shortly after this snap…
