About a month or so ago, there was this weather event in Brisbane that grounded the city to an annoying halt. By weather event, I mean it didn’t stop bloody raining for a whole night and the next day. We weren’t dry but we were perfectly safe so I’m well aware that what I’m about…
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The length and breadth of life
Early last year Prince was due to tour Australia for a number of small and intimate “piano and microphone” shows. MM and I looked at the dates, looked at our work schedule, looked at flights, the costs and the logistics and promptly and swiftly put the thought in the “too hard” basket. We really wanted…
Infertility. What not to say.
So here’s the thing. I often say silly stuff that I wish I hadn’t said. Not because I’m insensitive and thoughtless but because I don’t know what else to say and so I end up saying something profoundly stupid. There’s a certain irony in me writing a piece on “what not to say.” This is not…
What I wish I’d known
Every now and then certain pregnancy/parenting topics pop up that start a conversation, create a debate and then usually end up being labelled “mummy wars”. I don’t buy into the whole mummy war thing – I’ve never personally come across it and I don’t know anyone who has. Unless people are talking about me behind my…
I couldn’t find a hallmark card for Father’s Day that says this
I don’t know any parent who thinks that they’ve got this parenting business sorted. The people I surround myself with are perfectly flawed and mostly just 30 seconds away from mayhem. MM and I are making it up as we go. We aren’t always on the same page when it comes to our parenting technique. Shit we…
An un-domestic goddess reviews the Thermomix
I own a Thermomix. I don’t belong to a cult, I don’t try to sway non Thermomix owners to buy one. I just own one. I bought it because I suck at cooking and the idea of what this machine could do for me was pretty appealing. It wasn’t an impulse buy and I don’t…