I put my heart on the freezer shelf thought the ice would shield her from herself but she got trapped and tapped and tapped onContinue Reading
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The puddle that thinks it’s a creek
“Hey, how are you?” It’s Justine, my friend from Queensland calling to make Christmas plans. “You’ve got me in the middle of burning my motherContinue Reading
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Since when did life come with a stylist and a hashtag?
I cut my thighs the other day, deliberately. On an image editing website. It was easy to slither off a bit of my thigh, softenContinue Reading
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That time I got lost in a boat on a lake in Colorado
Since arriving in Colorado a month ago I have been desperate to hike to a lake, a stunning crystal clear mountain lake. I had picturedContinue Reading
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To all the pants I’ve loved too much before
I have 31 days to fit into my ski pants. Not that I am counting. It is a familiar struggle that comes round every year.Continue Reading
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The lies I have told to get fed, and fed, and fed
Food addicts are creative. I know because I have been (and may still be) one. The fear of having our gluttonous ways exposed can leadContinue Reading
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19 seconds in Africa – when silence matters
You can’t always get what you want when you travel. The unpredictable can go either way. The woman arrived on day two, though her genderContinue Reading
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Namaste me later, then namaste me again
I live in a beachside suburb known as Avalon where you don’t say hello, please or thank you, you say namaste. No, I’m not inContinue Reading