Brisbane Writers Festival 2023 This time last week, I was watching Irvine Welsh in conversation with John Birmingham (author of, “he died with a falafel in his hand”) discussing Welsh’s 1993 novel “Trainspotting” 30 years on. It was an excellent session, funny, insightful, entertaining, irreverent. It took me back to my late teens/early 20’s whenContinue reading “Brace Yourself!”
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Brace Yourself!
Holy crap, it’s getting cold. An Arctic blast has brought icy winds and temperatures in single digits. It’s almost like winter’s coming or something. I’ve had to pull out my thick winter duvet and search through my cupboards for warm jackets and trousers. They don’t get a lot of use in Brisbane. Winter here usuallyContinue reading “Brace Yourself!”
Brace Yourself!
Stacks on! I had my first trike stack yesterday. I was riding along the road, and turned left into a driveway to get back on the footpath. The driveway had a gap in the easement for gutter flow and the front wheel got caught in the gap and I went over sideways, resulting in aContinue reading “Brace Yourself!”
Brace Yourself!
Keep On Trikin’ It’s summer in Brisbane which means it’s scorching hot and revoltingly humid. Some days stepping outside feels like being slapped in the face with a hot, wet blanket which envelopes your body in a soggy, warm embrace. It’s also the wet season. We haven’t experienced a proper wet season in years andContinue reading “Brace Yourself!”
Brace Yourself!
New Year 2022!! Wow! Well, here we are in 2022, and it’s February already! How did that happen?!! I intended to be more regular with my blog posts, but the last few months have been a bit rough. I slouched wearily and warily into the new year. Fearing more of the same. All I couldContinue reading “Brace Yourself!”
Brace Yourself
International Day of People with Disability Today is international day for People with a Disability. I had wanted to write something amazingly intelligent, uplifting and funny to celebrate the day. But the truth is, I’m not doing great right now. Not working, my future, the future of the world, the state of politics etc. It’sContinue reading “Brace Yourself”
Dog Blog
A threat to our best friends With covid restrictions lifting, people are going to start moving in larger numbers again and many of us will be taking our best human and doggo friends with us. We’ve been cooped up in our homes and restricted to our neighbourhoods for almost 2 years, just aching to getContinue reading “Dog Blog”
Gardens Grow More Than Plants
Gardening is in my blood. My parents have always had amazing gardens, both productive and ornamental and so have my grandparents. I’d love to say that gardening has been a lifelong passion. But truthfully, as a child, it was a love-hate relationship. One of our punishments for misbehaving was weeding the garden. I have memoriesContinue reading “Gardens Grow More Than Plants”
Staying Connected During The Pandemic
Family gatherings in the time of Covid Both my parents turned 70 this year; Mum in January and Dad (and my step-mum) just now in mid-September. We optimistically planned parties for both events as well as a big family Christmas at Dad’s in Northern NSW for Christmas 2020. Family from Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney wereContinue reading “Staying Connected During The Pandemic”
Billy’s Blog September 12 2021
Billy the Chonk It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on our beloved Billy. He is big and chonky now. We’ve got his weight up, no more ribs or spine sticking out. And he’s now on a maintenance diet. We gradually reduced how much we were feeding him and his weight seems to beContinue reading “Billy’s Blog September 12 2021”
Peppa's Place 