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Author Archives: Sash
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 » 
Breaking the silence: Single Parenthood Three Years OnI wrote my first post about single parenthood three years ago. For whatever reason it is still the most read post onView 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 » 
Sawah: Rural Indonesia through the lensA few days after Christmas we had some of our favourite friends make the big drive down from the city to hang out withView full post » 
2016“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await anotherView full post » 
Yang Indah: People of Bali through the lens“depth and substance. the two most exquisite qualities. be it in a poem or a person.” ― Sanober KhanView 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 » 
mixtape fridayA month or so ago I got myself a more grown up job with more grown up responsibilities. It’s an awesome job withView full post » 
Sembuh (Healing): Indonesia P1It was an incredible moment in my life, sitting at that warung in the middle of the filthy bustling hub of KUTA, Bali.View 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 » 
How we eat. It matters.We live in a world that is undoubtedly obsessed with food. It’s a world of privilege. I’ve spent a largeView 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 » 
#lightthedark bunbury“The image of a Syrian child’s lifeless body washed up on the shores of a Turkish beach this week broughtView 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 » 
#fordthinking: Dunes and DesertsI’ve always been a traveler. The kind of person who packs her life into a suitcase and disappears for weeks,View full post » |
