![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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![What I liked about the mornings was the racket that the birds made before dawn, screeching and singing away so close by. There was only a tent’s thickness of fabric […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_26516-Port-Fairy-1-e1580039052513-115x115.jpg "Alive and dead")
Alive and dead
Posted on January 26, 2020 | No CommentsWhat I liked about the mornings was the racket that the birds made before dawn, screeching and singing away so close by. There was only a tent’s thickness of fabric […] -
![Once again, here are some memorable quotes from the girls as a snapshot of our year. Rhea: Eek! Lara: Yikes! Rhea: And plus. . . Lara: That’s sad. Rhea: I […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_2506-cafe-115x115.jpg "Of cells, cats, climate change and other notable quotes of 2019")
Of cells, cats, climate change and other notable quotes of 2019
Posted on December 29, 2019 | No CommentsOnce again, here are some memorable quotes from the girls as a snapshot of our year. Rhea: Eek! Lara: Yikes! Rhea: And plus. . . Lara: That’s sad. Rhea: I […] -
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Posted on November 24, 2019 | No CommentsIt’s peak performance period: last Thursday was the girls’ school concert; the day after that Rhea recited her poem in French that she won second prize in her age group […] -
![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 […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3546-reunion-115x115.jpg "Year 10 reunion")
Year 10 reunion
Posted on October 27, 2019 | 1 CommentWe 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 […] -
![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. […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_2019-115x115.jpg "Climate strike")
Climate strike
Posted on September 29, 2019 | No CommentsBuilding 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. […] -
![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 […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_1838-flowers-1-115x115.jpg "I like")
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Posted on August 25, 2019 | No CommentsI 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 […] -
![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 […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/NZ-IMG_1636-115x115.jpg "Kiwiland")
Kiwiland
Posted on July 28, 2019 | No CommentsThis 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 […] -
![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; […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1577-train-cake-115x115.jpg "Consumed")
Consumed
Posted on June 29, 2019 | No CommentsIt’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; […] -
![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 […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rock-maze-115x115.jpg "Post election blues")
Post election blues
Posted on May 31, 2019 | No CommentsHaving 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 […] -
![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 […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_1366-bike-115x115.jpg "Breath")
Breath
Posted on April 28, 2019 | No CommentsI 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 […]