PRE 2024 BLOGS
I started a blog back in late 2014, soon after leaving my diplomatic career and moving to the Barossa.
When I started, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about, so you’ll find blogs about career change, moving to the Barossa and the start of my writing journey.
Unfortunately, my blog writing took a back seat when I started my copywriting business in early 2019.
But I kept this website because I wanted to keep the record of my career change, our move to the Barossa and my early writing experiments.
R U OK?
Today is R U OK Day but I hadn’t planned to write a blog post about it partly because I'm not an expert in mental health. But then I wrote a post on Facebook this morning and I thought I should share a slightly edited version of that because while it is all...
Writing true stories
Last week, I decided that for Father’s Day, I would write a blog post about my Dad, who died almost 8 years ago. I sent a group message to my immediate family - my Mum, my two sisters and brother, brother-in-law and my husband because he isn’t just MY Dad. He is a...
In praise of Book Week
Last week social media was full of Book Week. Friends shared photos of their kids, people on various groups asked for suggestions and shared photos and some lucky grown-ups even got to dress up too. So many posts were positive and fun - even if there was a level of...
So many books, so little time (to write)!
At the beginning of the year, I did a great "Make Time to Write" course through the Australian Writer's Centre. I very quickly realised that I was making too many excuses about why I wasn't writing. I also quickly realised that if I set the clock for 30 - or even 15...
Three years among the vines
Three years ago today, a family of four, including two little boys aged three and five, left their motel in NSW, drove through Victoria and arrived in South Australia. In the early afternoon, with two children asleep, they drove into Tanunda, the place they had...
Long live the blog
When I first left work 3 years ago and moved to the Barossa, I was excited about starting a blog. It would be about my career change, and our new life and after 15 years working for government, I could say whatever I wanted. Over time it has included career change...
Farewell to Hanoi – 3 years on
Today marks 3 years since we left Hanoi at the end of our 3.5 year posting. We have been back in Australia for almost as long as we were there. Our life has changed so much since then. Our little boys who were 3.5 months and 2 years old when we arrived in Hanoi, were...
5 things the viral teeth post taught me
Last Monday, I really thought the story of the photo shopped teeth was done. I Â declined interviews from a couple of local radio stations and a national evening show because I was concerned that perhaps I'd already said enough and I figured I didn't need to spotlight...
What do I write about now?
After the amazing response to my post about the phot shopped school photo, I’ve decided to just write about the thinbgs I like and the things that matter to me.
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