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Category Archives: Life
WinterWe are sitting silently through the very first weeks of what is perhaps due to be one of the coldest winters in theView full post » 
Fragility“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck WeView full post » 
Being mum“Time is how you spend your love.” ― Zadie Smith The morning I found out I was pregnant I had a killer hangover. IView full post » 
Afterlife‘Muuu-uuum, was your name Sash when you were a kid? That’s a silly name for a kid!’ ‘Yep, thatView full post » 
RISK“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, When I was 25 I quit myView full post » 
THIS!I was 18 when I found myself working as a PA in a very expensive law firm pushing paper around desks and drinking myView full post » 
InlandThe crash of the ocean, the call of the seabirds, the salt on my lips are all sensations that bring me back to earthView full post » 
Radical Acceptance“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose.View full post » 
Taking StockAt the end of summer Bo and I took a road trip with two of our favourite people to spend some serious down time on aView full post » 
Therapy is cool.“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece ofView full post » 
To Sisterhood“Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’veView full post » 
When things go wrong“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even beView full post » 
Staying humanI sat in a group and within a few seconds of everyone sitting down, I looked up and every single person had their eyesView full post » 
Dear BoDear Bo, Yesterday you turned four. When you woke up you whispered in my ear, ‘I feel very different todayView full post » 
practicing in publicI often talk to people about the pressure for perfection. I experience it every day in the landscape of my own mind.View full post » 
Books that changed meI have always been drawn to understanding the human condition, as if pulling a part the realities of the humanView full post » 
2016“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await anotherView full post » 
Ramai: Urban bali through the lens (Indonesia Pt.2)Having lived for a long time being one of the handful of bule’s (westerners) in the village that I called homeView full post » 
Booked.I grew up being read to every day. As soon I could read I devoured books, throwing myself head (and heart) first intoView full post » 
Je Suis IslamIn 2011 I married a Muslim. To do this it meant that as a secular Australian I had to renounce my secularism and had toView full post » 
waves and tides“There’s something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this placeView full post » 
Wandering children“Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” ― Charles Dickens IView full post » 
Taking StockThere was a moment when we were overseas that I discovered that words I thought I had lost – had suddenly beenView full post » 
Should. Could. Must.“Should is how other people want us to live our lives. It’s all of the expectations that others layer uponView full post » 
Bowerbird and the Beaches.When talking about favourites, it’s easy to continually come back to the obvious – a cup of hot tea, a home-cookedView full post » 
On turning 30“Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?” — PemaView full post » 
A moment of silence“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies downView full post » 
Oh hey spring.“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ― A.A.View full post » 
Blitz“Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones,View full post » 
Forever“I’ll love you forever Bo.” “No you won’t. One day you will be dead.” LongView full post » 
The swell of a decadeIt was a sight I hadn’t seen for years. Cars packed into the carpark and dozens of people lined up along the lookoutView full post » 
Created or Curated?I’ve been writing less lately, online at least. I think I’ve become confused about what blogging means, IView full post » 
This life“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.” ― GautamaView full post » 
the stories we tell ourselves“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck, East of Eden The past week was a bitView full post » 
Those daddies“Some daddies live with there babies, hey mama?” Yes, that’s right. Some do, some don’t. EveryView full post » 
Second hand style.Antique stores, salvage yards and tip-shops are essential to the charm and beauty of living in the South-West. AView full post » 
Be ordinary.“To go wrong in one’s own way is better then to go right in someone else’s.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky It was aView full post » 
Sing with me.“Mama, when you sing you have to put your voice inside my voice..” “You mean sing together? Both ofView full post » 
mixtape fridayIt feels like a million years ago now, that I sat listening to this song with my then boyfriend not long before weView full post » 
Rainbows and Privilege“You can learn as much from your privilege as you can from your oppression, but only if you’re aware of itView full post » |
