This dress will be just perfect for Melbourne in winter. Pluses: * It has sleeves * It is a thick material * The neutral colour helps me in that I can wear several types of opaque stocking and they won’t look weird * It’s a Cue and they are quality These shoes? Disaster. Why: *…
I’ve abandoned Ms. Mantel’s book since taking this photo. It was at about page 280, a good two-thirds, perhaps even three-quarters, of the way through so I gave it every chance. There were common threads between this and the extraordinary Wolf Hall: she has a great knack of weaving minute detail into her descriptions without…
A birthday can hardly be complete without a shot of a child’s disembodied-looking hand reaching out to poke the frosting … That child, of course, is Riley.
First posted March 2007 It’s a Sunday afternoon. Both kids are in bed asleep at the same time, meaning mum and dad have a few hours of blessed peace. So what do mum and dad do? Head for bed themselves … for a nap. It’s a blessed luxury, when you can get it. Except when…
Riley has recently, on occasion, hit another child. I feel that by writing that sentence I have hauled myself up to a flagellant’s cross and handed over the whip to anyone inclined to flick it at me. It first began – and I’m a witness – in the spirit of exuberance, of fun. He might be…
100 Best First Lines From Novels, as chosen by the editors of the American Book Review. Strategies for overcoming creative block (a very cool looking site, btw). Some great ideas there. Filling in city holes with Lego. Genius! The funniest example I’ve seen of someone getting out of overdue fines from the video store. Is it…
First she sees sixes in toilet paper… Now there’s an ‘S’ in the newspaper…
I bought these in almost perfect condition, which should have set off alarm bells. The first time I put them on was to walk to a friends house about 2kms away and by the time I got there I was hobbling with blisters galore. I came this close to re-recycling them and wondered if the…
At birth… You were huge; I packed without knowing you were going to be so big. We stuffed you inside the wondersuits… …until I couldn’t stand it, so you stayed in singlets and was wrapped to sleep. Not that you were cold – it was a hot week; a surprising heat as only Melbourne can…
