See these two? We took this photo of mum and dad when we were celebrating Dad’s 75th birthday last weekend. It pretty much epitomises who they are. Together they are adventurers, always looking for life’s wonders and laughs. Together they are totally and utterly beautifully bonkers. They commandeered these capes from my kids after a trip to Movie World. This week they jump on a … [Read more...]
The country
The last time I blogged I lamented about my writing freeze. The past few months my mojo has wandered to unproductive and self-critical places. So many people sent me words of encouragement. A few suggested a trip away to break my self-imposed cycle of mediocrity. And as it just happened, at the time of writing that post, Busy-And–Important-Husband managed to find a farm-stay with a cottage free … [Read more...]
Mediocre Me
I haven’t blogged for a while. In fact, I’ve been missing in action on a few fronts lately – my blog, twitter, even Facebook. My words have just stopped flowing. I’ve been mulling over a post explaining why I’ve gone missing in action. Why my flurry of blogging activity at the start of the year seems to have just vaporized into thin air. Drafting this blog post in my head, I’ve thrown a … [Read more...]
A grieving mother’s selfless gift
The beauty of Facebook is its ability to dig up gems from your past when you least expect it. One such gem to appear in my Facebook newsfeed is Angela. When I saw Angela’s face appear on Facebook as a ‘person I might know’, memories of my first year at high school came flooding back. You see, when I started high school Ange was a bit of a guardian angel for me. She probably doesn’t know … [Read more...]
On women having it ‘pretty good’
This week Tony Abbott stood up at an International Women’s Day function and declared that not only have we as a nation “smashed just about every glass ceiling”, but that we women in Australia, especially Sydney, have it “pretty good”. This, from the self appointed Minister for Women. But now I’m really confused? If we’re smashing those glass ceilings Mr Abbott, could you please explain a few … [Read more...]
And then there was silence…
There has been much silence on this blog. After 30 days of manic blogging, I walked away from my keyboard to contemplate. Well, actually, I didn’t really contemplate much at all. I was just sucked back into the busy business of being busy. New school year. New clients. New things to worry and obsess about. But nothing I felt compelled to blog about. That happens with me. Sometimes I like to … [Read more...]
Weird phobias*
Here’s a revelation for you: an insight to the women who is Lisa Lintern. I don’t like baths. I know, I know. Having a bath is supposed to be one of the most relaxing and therapeutic things a person can indulge in. Nope. Not for me. Don’t worry. I’m clean. I’m quite clean in fact. I’m a massive fan of steaming hot showers. I love cranking up the hot water, hanging my head, and … [Read more...]
Spinning
I’ve been feeling a little rough around the edges lately. Maybe it’s the school holidays finally catching up with me. Maybe it’s dealing with the emotion of my youngest heading off to school. Maybe it’s all the change we’ve experienced in the past six months. Maybe it’s because I haven’t exercised for a while. Maybe it’s nothing at all. But whatever it is, it came to a head last night. Feeling … [Read more...]
Keep calm…it’s just a post about tampons
I placed the box of tampons on the counter so I could rummage through my bag for my wallet. The shop assistant’s eyes flicked downwards to register what I was purchasing and in one deft move she reached under the counter for a paper bag and stuffed the small box into it. “It’s alright. I don’t need a bag,” I said looking up from my handbag to the woman who I estimated to be roughly the same age … [Read more...]
Australia Day soundtrack
When I was a kid we lived in a house perched on a hill in far northern NSW. Upstairs ran a verandah as long as the house itself. From that verandah you were treated to a 180-degree view that began with a glimpse of the beaches stretching all the way down to Cape Byron, then panned out over cane fields up to the base of Mount Warning, the plug of a now extinct volcano. If I went back to that … [Read more...]