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:
Tag Archives: home economics
the kitchen this afternoon
The fridge beeps if the door is left open for longer than one minute. The beeps are the kind that burrow into my brain. Getting the celery to fit back in the vegetable drawer after taking out the capsicum and … Continue reading
It's in the job specification
The mister My tech crew has arrived. We took him on a bit of a walk around the ‘hood (‘here’s where we buy our musk sticks’ and ‘here’s where Mum buys her wine’), then down to the Royal Mile, checked … Continue reading
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Tagged dishes, edinburgh festival fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, home economics, the mister
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Because it's all about the cultural experience
The mister didn’t realise there was a separate cheese counter as well as the fridge, so he came back with this. I’ve never understood the orange-ness of American cheese. I find it rather disconcerting. As does eldest boy who said, … Continue reading
Tagged cooking and food, home economics
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Liveblogging moving day
Sitting on the floor of my loungeroom, grateful for my netbook and not-cheap mobile wireless broadband connection, surrounded by plastic wrapped lounge chairs, boxes of books and burly men – one of whom has to work on his birthday – … Continue reading
Tagged home economics, moving home
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the things you find when you're moving house (the first in a never-ending series)
So remember when you thought that enjo would change your life.
Fly on the wall
Who do you reckon is gonna blink first? Me? Or him?
Fridge clean
‘No,’ she said as she poured the lettuce down the sink, ‘we aren’t having salad today.’
Spring cleaning
This basket looks beautiful, doesn’t it? But be ye not fooled, for this is a True Enemy of Order. A beribboned member of the Order of Disorder. For while it sits magnificently n the corner of the room seemingly fulfilling … Continue reading
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Nostalgia
Remember – and it really wasn’t so long ago – when bananas were in short supply, and more expensive than gold and they never went black in your bowl?
Tagged doctor's wife, home economics
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New age TV
So, even though our television is circa 1988, we watch it the modern way. By waiting until things are way finished and then watching them back to back on DVD. We have been watching The West Wing. The result was a … Continue reading
