a new year, a new blog

I’ve started a new blog to write about the things I read. a blog load of books I’m not quitting this blog, but the other one will be only about the things I read. I don’t think that means that … Continue reading


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Is it too late in the year to say, Happy New Year

I didn’t even think, until a lovely person left a comment this morning, that I had left things at an inappropriate pause. The term finished at school, the mister decided to drain his annual leave, we went away and had … Continue reading


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Skin cancer in a multicultural world

Scene: me walking into school. French woman: ‘What have you done to your face?’ Me: ‘Oh, I just had a skin cancer removed.’ French woman: ‘OMG, are you all right? Are you okay? OMG!’ Me: Explains difference between melanoma and … Continue reading


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My brilliant career goes (even more) bung

It’s official. I am, career-wise, the unluckiest person you know. I am not simply ‘one of the unluckiest’ or the second unluckiest, or ‘yes, that’s certainly unlucky, but I know someone who…’ unlucky. On your list of ‘People I know … Continue reading


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This time next week, I will still be gorgeous

I finally got to my dermatologist’s appointment and it turns out that my dermatologist has spent considerable time in Adelaide visiting one of his friends who was working at the Institute for Something Highly Scientific on North Terrace. ‘It’s a … Continue reading


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I’m crying, but in a good way

I was just fossicking about in my wordpress account and came across a private blog I kept for a few months a few years ago. It has, quite literally, taken my breath away to remember how it was to feel … Continue reading


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