10 Reasons To Give Books For Christmas
🎄1. Books are easy to wrap: Books always look lovely with their pristine corners folded in and their pleasing geometry. 🎄2. Books never go out …
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Acknowledgment of Country
Last night, my husband Stu and I went to a wonderful piano recital. The music was augmented by perpetually kinetic graphics on two large screens. …
How to Save Money and Beat the Cost of Living
1. Die. 2. Grow a veggie garden. You get fresh air and exercise, and three to six months later you may also get a grub-infested …
Barbenheimer
When the Barbenheimer social media frenzy began, I decided to remain detached from it at all costs. I didn’t read anything about the Barbie movie …
Old and Irrelevant
I’m feeling old. I am 66. That is starting to sound old to me. My dad died at 72… that seems close now. My right …
Voice
Mountain Ash Chapter supports the inclusion of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Australia’s federal parliament, and the amendment to the Constitution which …
Democracy???? Hypocrisy!!!
I was only a year old when Roe v Wade was in front of the supreme court (1973). I was a mother of an 8-year-old …
Everything I Could Buy With My One-Off $250 Election Payment
Half a tank of petrol Four fifths of the family’s weekly grocery shop A federal integrity commission A house deposit or some avocado toast A …
All Writing Is Shit
Yes I’m serious. It sucks. You. Your writing. The person standing right there, trembling, clutching your pages and swearing to yourself that you’ll never let …
How to have a wonderful life, working in the time of Covid
Six easy steps to working bliss Step 1 Choose a place of employment that is loved by all, that way your customers will be instantly in …