Right now it seems the health conscious are going gluten-free or dairy-free or vegan or all-three. But being health conscious is not a new thing. I grew up in the 70’s and the health fads of that era were alive and kicking. We had a neighbour, Mrs V, who had a son who had married […]
Archives for July 2012
The Silver Clutch
July 18, 2012 By 38 Comments
I’m not sure if you’re up for it because you must be relieved we have all moved on from Arabella’s formal(s), but there’s just one thing that’s been lingering on and that is the story of the silver clutch purse. Arabella and I scoured the shops looking for a suitable clutch purse and we did […]
Chorizo Ragu and ‘You’re Still the Best’
July 17, 2012 By 61 Comments
We had a magical visitor in the night. Of the fairy kind. At school Alfie pulled out a wobbly tooth and when I went to collect him he ran to me, lisping the news. ‘Mum, my tooth came out. I pulled it out. It was wobbling so much I just pulled it and out it […]
The Best Day
July 16, 2012 By 45 Comments
We live in a quiet street where nothing happens unless you consider one resident having been to prison for manufacturing illicit drugs, a happening. On Sunday morning Alfie and the boy next door came flying in through the front door and grabbed my i-phone and took off in bare feet. I wondered what all the […]
The Piano Room
July 15, 2012 By 41 Comments
Last night Archie had a gig at The Piano Room in Kings Cross. The preparation for the 30-minute set had been going on for a week with Archie attending uni by day and not coming home at night. ‘I’m rehearsing mum. And it could get pretty late so I might stay the night here or […]
The Novice vs Jamie
July 14, 2012 By 63 Comments
I’m celebrating. I’ve managed to cook one of Jamie Oliver’s 30- minute meals in one hundred minutes. That’s my best result so far. Somehow, I don’t think a letter of congratulations is going to arrive any time soon from Jamie Oliver Central. Do you have Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals cookbook? It’s sold millions of copies […]
Thomas Kelly
July 12, 2012 By 57 Comments
Normally my blog is a happy place but last Saturday night, a young man named Thomas Kelly was murdered. He was just 18 years old. On Saturday night he was invited to a colleague’s birthday party in a function room in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Later that evening he was innocently walking down Victoria Street in […]
‘A’ is for…
July 10, 2012 By 47 Comments
I’m guilty of grumbling and complaining about not being able to go away these school holidays that have been grey, cold and dreary. And while Archie has still had to go to uni and while Arabella is studying for her HSC Trial exams, Alfie has been completely spare and I’ve had to find things for […]
Banana and Walnut Cake and Fresh as a daisy? Almost!
July 9, 2012 By 41 Comments
Having the plague, I cancelled the dinner party I had planned for Saturday night so I could rest on the couch in front of a movie then head to be early where I hoped to wake as fresh as a daisy. But Alfie was difficult to put to bed because he’d been up late watching […]
Soy Sauce Chicken and The Squash Player
July 8, 2012 By 41 Comments
We have a lot of drought in Australia and when we’re not in drought, it’s flooding. About a six or seven hour drive north of Sydney is a town called Coffs Harbour. When I was about 15 my parents announced to us with great excitement that we were going to Coffs Harbour for a very […]
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