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Working at being grown up
Perhaps it’s the time of year? Steeped as we are, in the sometime sobriety of FebFast, having cannonballed past the dread festive season with its Auld Lang bloody Syne’s and associated reflection and resolution, talk turns to job satisfaction or lack … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, children, dream jobs, family, humor, travel, work
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All I want for Christmas is…
I had a bit of a ‘Falling Down’ moment this week. Fortunately for all concerned, our restrictive gun licensing laws prevented my fossicking around for the pink 5 Round 38 Special Smith & Wesson in my hand bag. The weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged car parks, Christmas, Falling Down, family, humor, presents, Shopping
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The Pits (part 1)
Perhaps Im being deliberately obtuse, or maybe the Universe is miming it’s fatalistic messages, but whatever’s happening, I’m just not getting it. I was more or less used to the dark pit of self pity I’d find myself in every … Continue reading
The Pits (Part 2)
The following weekend I was powering around Albert park lake with my BFF recounting this odd and unprecedented occurrence. Further to the spiritual energy exchange was the realisation that I was just treading water in my own life. I had … Continue reading
BFF
A dear friend tells me how she counsels her daughters on the approach toward those first high voltage years of peer interaction. It’s simple stuff. Do your friends make you feel happy and positive? Do you come away from being … Continue reading
Let me ‘right’ it!
Can you just read over this please, Mum? When is it due? Um, today… I look at my watch. 11.23pm. Well it was due today, but it’s ok, I’ll hand it in first thing tomorrow. Obviously. Flash back to 1999. … Continue reading
The Cabin in the woods – part 2
So to recap – My youngest daughter, D2, had returned for a second tenure working at a summer camp in Massachusetts. She had spent the previous American summer there and had fallen in love with the culture, the location and … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, Berkshires, Bo Burnham, facebook, family, humor, Massachusetts, New York, travel, United States
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The cabin in the woods – part one
I booked the majority of our recent trip to the States through a travel agent. The one section I decided to plan on my own was four days between New York and San Francisco. The idea was to find somewhere … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, family, Grand Designs, humor, Massachusetts, relationships, travel
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Status update – from go to woe
Welcome to the world and welcome to Facebook where your entire life from zygote to delivery has been assiduously documented. From the remarkable 4D scan (ok, about that…forgive me if I’m a tad cynical about the actual geometric possibilities of … Continue reading
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Tagged children, facebook, family, instagram, Linkedin, Parent, Photograph, Social media, Social network, Stranger danger
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How are you feeling about this?
Her Facebook status reveals that in eight weeks she will be back in the USA. I don’t It’s been a weird exercise in self awareness since my daughter popped back home. It was quickly obvious that she had returned too … Continue reading
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Tagged Birkenstock, children, facebook, family, humour, Jane Lynch, Lesbian, Mardi Gras, Samantha Ronson, Tina Fey, United States
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Learning The Hard Way 