Goodbye has never been a word I have embraced. I play Houdini at parties, simply disappearing by doing a runner out the door when no one is looking. Just because I don’t want to say goodbye. My phone conversations finish… Continue Reading
Friendship
No one is immune to depression. I learnt that this week when a friend died by her own hand. Her stunning renovated home in an idealic enclave of peace didn't keep the black dog at bay, nor did her perfect… Continue Reading
I have been talking about writing a book since, well, since my last one was published. Trouble is my last book hit the shelves in 2002, so it's been twelve years of talk. As my sixth grade teacher Mr Foster… Continue Reading
A tale of being still and finding joy while travelling round the world. It's 4.00am and I'm battling the desire to fully awaken. My body is in Sydney but on USA time after three weeks in Colorado on the ski… Continue Reading
I am obsessed, obsessed I tell you, by the Let Them Walk video currently doing the social media rounds (I've posted it at the bottom of this blog). The message is so simple "when people can walk away from you… Continue Reading
Did you know you can’t actually physically break the heart? It is the hardest working muscle of the body and can beat over three billion times in a person’s life. Drop it and it doesn’t crack, doesn’t shatter into shards… Continue Reading
We already know that Christmas can suck like a Dyson if you don't have the family portrait peddled to us by consumer marketing departments each year. You know the type: snow white-haired grandparents in shades of neutral linen and chambray… Continue Reading
