![I have been enjoying a couple of new podcasts recently. The first is called Read This, with interviews of writers, many of them Australian. The second is Wiser than Me […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_9245-640x250.jpg "Listening to them")
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![Before I start a six-month secondment, I’ve had a break from work for three-and-a-half weeks. I started with four days in Noosa enjoying the beach, restaurants, company of my parents, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_9119-3-476x250.jpg "Winterlude")
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![After our family pilgrimage to dad’s hometown of Ballarat in 2019, we all first planned to visit mum’s childhood hometown of Sea Lake back in 2020, and then 2021 and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_8650-McLennan-sign-640x250.jpg "Back to Sea Lake")
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![Sometimes I forget that I don’t have the twins with me when I nip out alone. I smile dementedly at strangers. This makes no sense without babies to create a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/my-double-life-115x115.jpg "My double life")
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Posted on February 6, 2011 | No CommentsSometimes I forget that I don’t have the twins with me when I nip out alone. I smile dementedly at strangers. This makes no sense without babies to create a […] -
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Posted on January 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn my old life, before babies, I used to go to the local shops about twice a year, and I would never walk around the neighbourhood. I did my shopping […] -
![Sister Maggie has come to meet the babies, travelling from the US. A good excuse for us all to have a few days at the beach! This is also the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P1050401-115x115.jpg "Footsteps in the sand")
Footsteps in the sand
Posted on January 23, 2011 | No CommentsSister Maggie has come to meet the babies, travelling from the US. A good excuse for us all to have a few days at the beach! This is also the […] -
![That’s right. I’m having an affair and loving every moment of it. The dreamy, wordless exchange of smiles. The late night trysts. That feeling of excitement and adventure. The good […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/romantic_lanterns-115x115.jpg "I’m having an affair")
I’m having an affair
Posted on January 16, 2011 | No CommentsThat’s right. I’m having an affair and loving every moment of it. The dreamy, wordless exchange of smiles. The late night trysts. That feeling of excitement and adventure. The good […] -
![I’ve discovered a baby farm. Not producing babies, but growing them, and nurturing their new parents before both are released to the world outside. My discovery began when I had […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nursery-115x115.jpg "Baby Farm")
Baby Farm
Posted on January 9, 2011 | 1 CommentI’ve discovered a baby farm. Not producing babies, but growing them, and nurturing their new parents before both are released to the world outside. My discovery began when I had […] -
![Knowing that our twins were born nine months after our return to Australia, you might think that they had their origin in Paris. In fact they were conceived in a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/seed-XII-115x115.jpg "Conception")
Conception
Posted on January 2, 2011 | No CommentsKnowing that our twins were born nine months after our return to Australia, you might think that they had their origin in Paris. In fact they were conceived in a […] -
![Having now had the good fortune to have lived in Paris for three months and explored its many hidden corners, I thought I’d share some of the lesser-known delights with […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1050105-115x115.jpg "Secret treasures")
Secret treasures
Posted on December 26, 2010 | No CommentsHaving now had the good fortune to have lived in Paris for three months and explored its many hidden corners, I thought I’d share some of the lesser-known delights with […] -
![We found ourselves in a queue of hopefuls on the pavement of a nondescript quartier of Paris, part of a line snaking untidily around the outside corner of a dilapidated […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/redtape.bmp "Stuck")
Stuck
Posted on December 18, 2010 | No CommentsWe found ourselves in a queue of hopefuls on the pavement of a nondescript quartier of Paris, part of a line snaking untidily around the outside corner of a dilapidated […] -
![Paris – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1050139-115x115.jpg "La grande bouffe")
La grande bouffe
Posted on December 12, 2010 | No CommentsParis – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […] -
![Along a bend in the Seine stand some unusual buildings, which if you look closely you will see are in the shape of tall, open books. This is the enormous […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1040458-115x115.jpg "Summer imprints")
Summer imprints
Posted on December 5, 2010 | No CommentsAlong a bend in the Seine stand some unusual buildings, which if you look closely you will see are in the shape of tall, open books. This is the enormous […]