I’d like to tell you about one of the strongest women I’ve ever met in my entire life and what she means to me. I’ve fought with her, cried with her, leaned on her, derided her, ignored her, envied her and loved her more than any other human being on this planet. She’s seen me…
Let me tell you a story and while this one does begin with once upon a time I’m afraid there is no happy ending and for some other families the story goes on into horror. So …….. Once upon a time I had a little brother, David, who I adored and who adored me, my…
Hi folks, I’ve been somewhat absent as you can see. Sadly it wasn’t because my life took a new and interesting turn …… sigh ……. It was a case of computer meets coke with the fairly predictable outcome of computer meltdown. As all unanticipated emergencies it came at a most inopportune time when lack of…
I don’t suppose my dog ate my blog post will do as an excuse will it??? Hmmm thought not truth is I’ve been rushing like a mad thing to catch up on the work that stacked up while I was sick. Student have this rather nasty habit of wanting their results for assessment back in a…
I was so touched when Alicia from LiveLoveLaugh nominated me for this award and even more so when she explained why she chose Unload and Unwind for the nomination. Writing for me is such a joy whether it be political, humerous [or both as goddess knows politics often opens the way for much humour], self…
Well it’s a fun packed weekend all round here in the land of Oz. Apart from the fact that our PM has seen fit to ‘loose the dogs of war’ without actually explaining what the threat to Australia is to anyone there have been other, and to my mind, more important issues that came to…
I had a very interesting chat the other day with my son regarding racism in Australia and the divergent responses we have when faced with it. Since then I’ve been pondering my own attitudes and the feelings that are roused when I see or hear of behavior that is inherently harmful all based on the…
