When you live with anxiety, you never really live
In 2011, I spent the entire year with a headache. Tired of the pain, I went to our family medical clinic sure I would be diagnosed…
In 2011, I spent the entire year with a headache. Tired of the pain, I went to our family medical clinic sure I would be diagnosed…
By Gill Harrison In primary school art class I repeatedly turned even the most promising of my paintings into one big brown blob. Instead, my childhood…
By Karen Charlton I celebrated my 33rd birthday last weekend by having a ripper car fight with my husband and crying into the green woods of…
By Karen Charlton A few Tuesdays ago we went into the city for my bestie’s book reading at Readings Carlton. Mum was minding the boys at…
By Karen Charlton We’re all moving on to the internet and in this global village, we have so many Joneses to keep up with. You mightn’t…
By Gillian Harrison I found my first grey hair when I was 17. I remember plucking it in disgust and disbelief before obsessing over that little…
As a kid the Olympics inspired me to reach for great human heights, and to strive for my personal best. As an adult, they just remind…
I read the newspaper with scissors. Growing up we only ever had two pairs of scissors: one set in the kitchen drawer for paper, which mum…
When I was in grade 1, I tried to rub out an error in my handwriting by licking my finger and rubbing the paper until all…
We are now entering a world of no judgement. Leave your inner bitch at the door people. Very early on, when this blog was a baby,…
One of our family traditions after a particularly busy or tired period, we have a ‘track pant day’. The idea of the track pant day is…
We have always had a room upstairs reserved for me. When we moved in over 7 years ago, Mr Karen named it ‘the art room’, hoping…