In three days time I’ll be lining up to run the Melbourne Marathon – no doubt full of nerves, excitement and a healthy amount of trepidation! My training after the gastro, and then injury was going really well up until about three weeks ago – I got sick and my body was throwing out some weird…
This letter is the first in my ‘Write open letters of thanks to people who have influenced my life’ goal from my Living List To The Pharmacist Who Sold Me Baby Formula, It was a cold Saturday morning, and I was at the end of my tether. I’d gotten out of bed, dressed, and left…
It had been a stressful week. That Friday was the deadline for two – significant – literary competitions I had been working on my manuscript really hard to meet, but I had fallen short of finishing. So I was deliberating on the wisdom (or madness) of submitting what I had done in the hopes that…
I’ve entered the Melbourne Marathon. I think I’m ready, and I certainly think it’s time. No more procrastination or indecision. Even better, I’ve got a terrific sponsor behind me, believing I can do it too. Incredible. But more about that later. Let’s go back to motivation(s) first. Why a marathon? Why is it on my…
It’s Riley’s eighth birthday today. He’s only a tad older than this blog. I’ve chronicled most of his life here – in little pieces, that will become smaller, or at least more filtered, as time goes on – because it was important to me to tell those early stories to get through one of my…
I knew this was going to be the toughest living list challenge yet as soon as I saw the first dorsal fin cut the surface of the aquarium tank. It did a quarter turn to the right, then thrashed back, causing a little splash, like the shark changed its mind in what direction it ought…
I am thirty-four years old. In less than six months, I’ll be thirty-five. Anyone who’s been reading this blog long enough will know I had a lot of trouble coming to grips with the big 3-0. A lot of this was because of: 21 – Moved to Melbourne 22 – Bought a house 23 –…
Look, I made a video! I’m very excited this Living List challenge is completed, but I’m also very tired. Lots of work to catch up on now I’ve returned from a few days in Sydney. I feel like I’m behind with the news. Do you have news? Tell me! This is recipe fifty-two of the…
Ingredients 60g baby spinach 3 sheets puff pastry 350g piece beef eye fillet 1 egg, beaten lightly Method Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Wilt the spinach in boiling water, or over a steamer. Put aside. Cut 8 pieces off the beef fillet, as equal sizes as possible. Cut 8 10cm diameter circle pieces of the…
