Two weeks ago, when I was on the Gastroenteritis Diet, I lost 2 kgs (5-ish pounds). To celebrate, when I could finally eat again, I rewarded myself with ice-cream. A fair bit of it. Today, my jeans fit just as they did before I got sick. {I’m sure I could’ve written that better – in…
I’m so pleased the Olympics went off relatively smoothly, because I was afraid they wouldn’t. As I watched these games it occurred to me just how little I remember of Athens in 2004. Those games passed in the understandable blur that any occasion would pass when you have a four month old baby and you’re a…
Every now and then I ponder the limits I consciously place upon what I will and will not discuss here. I don’t do this very often because, frankly, there isn’t much I won’t talk about. If I’m asked a question, I’ll answer it. If I have something to share, I share it. That’s just the…
So this was the post where in this place right here you would normally be seeing a massive pile of food magazines all fanned out nice and arty because this post was supposed to be about our food porn collection and not our actual porn collection because, boy, if you know how expensive that stuff is…
The program for the blogging workshop comes out today and is open for enrollment. ****** Bloggers or techno-lovers out there mightn’t be aware that all of Federation Square is the biggest free Wi-Fi site in Australia. So if you’re planning on coming to my talk at the Melbourne Wrtiers’ Festival, hey, why not lug along…
Whenever I mention the subject of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, my sister becomes stubborn and frankly philistine about it because she point-blank refuses to watch. Her excuses are varied, and even admitted to giving “That one with all the singing” a try, but she just doesn’t ‘get it’. So I offer to show her single…
And that’s my son almost 18 months ago – doing a remarkable facial impersonation of his grandfather when he’s been served a surf ‘n’ turf out at a resturaunt and there is a decidedly smaller amount of ‘surf’ than ‘turf’ in his dish. Because if he suspects he’s missing even a single King Prawn, then…
I feel I need to make amends for the teasing of my husband the other day. Well, here’s a little story: We were at the mall on a typical bleak Melbourne winter’s day. What wasn’t typical was the absolute pouring rain, necessitating our taking an umbrella so we could get inside without getting soaked. Once we…
Found at Penni’s While I would argue that the majority of time I spend daydreaming as I wait for something is usually cooking up blog posts, assembling lots of important ‘to-do’ lists, or even thinking about writing, I do see the value of such an exercise because: Anything that advocates reading in general is a-ok…
