The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
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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
Yes, really
Gawd. I just realised if I had lived a different life, there could be people alive right now who would know me only as ‘nana’. Fark.
And a touch of heartburn
Here’s the thing: just because I’m not a Dog Person doesn’t make me a Cat Person. It’s 2011. Why are we still discussing this? PS Not to say I don’t like cats. Or dogs. Just to say please stop trying … Continue reading
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Never alone
After we had washed the deep, neat cut and wrapped the band aid round it and Eldest was satisfied that there was no longer any chance that I might faint he said, ‘So, Mum, how did you do it?’ ‘The … Continue reading
This is what studying statistics will do to a person
Completely unscientific, but nonetheless accurate, representation of the mister. (I have coloured it in yellow, because that’s his favourite colour).
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Tagged if nothing else I made myself laugh, procrastination, venn diagrams
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I’m really nervous about exams
If you are my facebook friend, you already know that yesterday, I got another assignment back, this one with the comment, ‘Language use is to (sic) colloquial. Use the thesaurus to help.’ Now, look, that’s a simple typo such as … Continue reading
Sigh
You know that thing where you get an email and already your hackles are slightly raised just by the sight of their name in your inbox and *then* you read the email and you think, ‘WTF?’ and you try to … Continue reading
Last night I did prepare a lovely bowl of Bircher muesli. Could that not be enough?
Do you spend much time or effort trying to keep your options open? I ask, because I’ve just realised that this has been my prevailing mindset over the last three years, and, reflecting on where I’ve found myself, I’m not … Continue reading
Thank goodness there are twelve months (or even twenty four) between them
You will never see a photograph of my children’s birthday parties on this blog. You will never see photographs of children joyously enjoying each others company in the midsts of an international football game; or of children standing in line … Continue reading
