Parenthood Archive

  • We had our Year Ten reunion the other week. I use the term ‘we’ loosely here – technically it was Maggie’s Year Ten reunion, not mine, as I attended a […]

    Year 10 reunion

    We had our Year Ten reunion the other week. I use the term ‘we’ loosely here – technically it was Maggie’s Year Ten reunion, not mine, as I attended a […]

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  • Building up to the international climate change rallies on Friday September 20, I approached the event carefully with the girls, and I didn’t have any expectations that they would come. […]

    Climate strike

    Building up to the international climate change rallies on Friday September 20, I approached the event carefully with the girls, and I didn’t have any expectations that they would come. […]

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  • I recently read Nora Ephron’s last book of essays I remember Nothing, followed by her sister Delia’s book Sister Mother Husband Dog, also a very well-written book of essays including […]

    I like

    I recently read Nora Ephron’s last book of essays I remember Nothing, followed by her sister Delia’s book Sister Mother Husband Dog, also a very well-written book of essays including […]

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  • This winter holidays we had two weeks in New Zealand. I hadn’t been since I was four, and I don’t remember anything about that trip except the plane and my […]

    Kiwiland

    This winter holidays we had two weeks in New Zealand. I hadn’t been since I was four, and I don’t remember anything about that trip except the plane and my […]

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  • It’s June, and that means it’s a busy month with a birthday party scheduled. What is involved is this: agreeing on a suitable indoor party venue from a suggested shortlist; […]

    Consumed

    It’s June, and that means it’s a busy month with a birthday party scheduled. What is involved is this: agreeing on a suitable indoor party venue from a suggested shortlist; […]

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  • Having recently read the very impressive life story of Anne Summers in her Memoir Unfettered and Alive, I had allowed myself to fantasize about the possibility of the labor party […]

    Post election blues

    Having recently read the very impressive life story of Anne Summers in her Memoir Unfettered and Alive, I had allowed myself to fantasize about the possibility of the labor party […]

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  • I read a book by Donald Horne once (he was the one who ironically coined the term ‘the Lucky Country’ but people didn’t pick up the irony), in which he […]

    Breath

    I read a book by Donald Horne once (he was the one who ironically coined the term ‘the Lucky Country’ but people didn’t pick up the irony), in which he […]

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  • We went to a camp at Birrigai from Wednesday the 27th to Friday 29th of March. On the first day, we were told which cabins we were in and who […]

    Camp Birrigai: By Lara

    We went to a camp at Birrigai from Wednesday the 27th to Friday 29th of March. On the first day, we were told which cabins we were in and who […]

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  • This year I’ve been on a de-cluttering slow-burn. Feeling dismayed at the sight of teetering piles of junk on many surfaces, toys and books permanently strewn around the girls’ room […]

    Creating order

    This year I’ve been on a de-cluttering slow-burn. Feeling dismayed at the sight of teetering piles of junk on many surfaces, toys and books permanently strewn around the girls’ room […]

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  • One of the four podcasts that I regularly listen to is In the Minefield with Waleed Ali and Scott Stephens, discussing the ethical and moral dilemmas of modern life. The […]

    Australia Day

    One of the four podcasts that I regularly listen to is In the Minefield with Waleed Ali and Scott Stephens, discussing the ethical and moral dilemmas of modern life. The […]

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