Free chocolate at Koko Black When I recently asked for poetry recommendations after showing you a poem by Pablo Neruda, my mother responded by giving me The Bee Hut, a collection of poetry by the late Dorothy Porter. Oh, how it sears into me. I’m only halfway through, but I see echoes of my own [...]
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Where were we? Oh yes. My brother, Dad, and I discovered a fabulous new relative on the streets of Canberra and bundled her away to Grazing for Easter lunch, where we joined my mother, grandparents, and great aunt for much feasting, laughter, awesomeness, and drunky-dinobird-mimicking. Let’s continue, shall we? For his main, Grandpa had the [...]
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On Easter Sunday, at 11am on the dot, I was sitting in the back of my parents’ car watching my Dad and brother pore over a street map. “Wait,” I said. “So what you’re saying is that not only are we picking up an obscure relative we’ve never met before, but that all you know [...]
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I shan’t lie to you. I haven’t really been cooking anything new or exciting lately. I put this down to being heartsore, not sleeping well, and fighting anxiety on the frontline with a metaphorical sword that at times feels as hefty and threatening as a stick of powder-puff-pink fairy floss. Which is not to say [...]
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Last December, one of my oldest friends married a fellow I went to high school with, and I must say it was one of the finer moments in the Six Degrees of Canberra Bacon. The wedding took place in Sydney on a Sunday, and because my gospel choir’s concert was the night before in Canberra, [...]
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Breathe. Pottering in my parents’ kitchen, nuts toasting, sugar pillowing up into glossy meringue, singing Baby Mine from Dumbo and wishing that a baby giraffe tied up in a bundle would miraculously drift through my window too. Breathe. Counting down the minutes for the coffee to infuse, carefully placing three different types of chocolate into [...]
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When my mother had her birthday two weeks ago, my brother and I gave her more than just the pleasure of our company at The Ginger Room’s swanky dinner of deliciousness. For her 60th birthday gift, we bought my mum two places (so that she could take a friend) at one of Simplicity Retreats’ half-day [...]
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Delicious Apple and Almond Tart from Silo Bakery, courtesy of Jeniqua. 1. I think every car should come with two horns. The first would blaze out a sound of pure fury, for use when a Fool Driver has almost side-swiped your car, failed to indicate, or didn’t properly obey the sacred rules of roundabouts. The [...]
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There comes a time in every young girl’s life when she arrives home after a stressful work week with a costume party to attend in three hours and absolutely no idea what to wear. The party: Jeniqua’s Farewell (I must stop crying. I must stop crying.) The theme/costume requirement: “Something you love.” My wardrobe: Devoid [...]
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Here is what my head currently feels like: (The tiny wonky smiles are there to remind me that even when everything seems like anxiety and nausea, there are always moments in the day that reflect the magical laughing sparkling brilliance of life. And, right now, those moments are due to wonderful, wonderful beloved friends making [...]
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