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    I put my heart in the washing machine

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
    • Prose

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Body image
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
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    • Women's issues

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Connection
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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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Body image
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
    • Prose
    • Travel
    • Women's issues

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Body image
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
    • Prose
    • Women's issues

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
    • Prose
    • Travel

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
    • Elephant Tales
    • Humour
    • Prose

    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

    Rachael Oakes-Ash
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