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Family / July 29th, 2010

The scene: a lingerie shop. The air is deceptively neutral, but there is a whiff of something else; unworn cotton, perhaps. Newness. Hope. My son steps up and stands beside a woman who has taken a bra off a display of many to touch and inspect. My son copies her, and tugs the straps indifferently. “Mum. This…

Family / July 24th, 2010

Saturday Sampler

Riley left me a heart-shaped leaf on my bedside table. Cute.

Family / July 22nd, 2010

Do It Yourself Drawing

I think she’s going to take after her daddy*… …and not me! * Adam sat down and painted that in ten-or-so minutes. No pencil sketches first – just from head straight to paper. (Paper stained with god-knows what.)

Family / July 19th, 2010

Shit This Mum Says In Her Head While She’s Running a Half Marathon

Such strenuous living, I just don’t understand Frank N. Furter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show At 1km: Oh, shit. What have a gotten myself into? I’m being passed on every side. It’s still dark. At 2km: Hello Domain Rd, hello Toorak Rd West. You’re sure pretty. Can I walk yet? No-one else is walking…

Family / July 15th, 2010

The answer to an art question you never thought to ask

And that question is: What’s Karen’s been painting? Or: What’s Karen been trying to paint? Just your typical lounge room. Tweetdeck open in the background; television off (for once); and…oh, yes, my picture, most inconspicuously placed on the floor. I bet you’re just dying for a closer look aren’t you? Well, sure, I can… …

Family / July 10th, 2010

Celebrating the Little Things

Image source: Heather Katsoulis Melbourne is cold and windy; the wind is probing its way through the floor vents and the cracks in the windows as I type. Mum is still here and her help has been invaluable this week – saving my proverbial bacon etc. Did I get my work done? Of course…

Family / July 7th, 2010

A visitor!

My mother arrived this morning for a visit during these school holidays. Hooray! I was – and hopefully still will – going to use the time to knock over some work I’ve been needing to get done, however there’s only one place for me today. Bed.

Family / July 6th, 2010

For the boy with porcelain doll lips

I lay diagonally across the bed, sweeping the mattress with my feet, searching for differing pockets of temperature – sometimes hot, sometimes cold. The curtains are open, revealing a crisp, lung-shrinkingly cold winter’s day. When I nap during the day – on the odd occasion I allow myself the luxury – I usually keep the curtains open….

Family / June 30th, 2010

Dandelion

If an award existed for ‘Toughest Mother-Effing Dandelion on Earth’ then this one would win hands down. It took Riley at least half a dozen blows to even start dislodging the seeds to the wind.

Family / June 25th, 2010

Winter Solstice

Riley’s preschool has a tradition of celebrating winter solstice, which I find utterly charming.

Family / June 24th, 2010

If you were to imagine Melbourne was experiencing End Of Days as the red sky burned itself out and laser sight firearms were pointed upon the streets…

…it might look something like this.

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Do It Yourself Drawing

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The answer to an art question you never thought to ask

Celebrating the Little Things

A visitor!

For the boy with porcelain doll lips

Dandelion

Winter Solstice

If you were to imagine Melbourne was experiencing End Of Days as the red sky burned itself out and laser sight firearms were pointed upon the streets…