Yesterday was The Boy’s birthday. To celebrate the fact that we have survived a year (and what a year) we’d planned a nice BBQ picnic in our local park, what with this being Australia and mid summer and all we thought we’d be safe. But the rain gods had other plans for the day with […]
I have almost finished writing my book, Day Six. It is about the crazy things that have happened to me since having a baby and developing post partum psychosis, from thinking I was Cameron Diaz to experiencing what felt like regression back through time to become a chimpanzee. I have a publisher interested, they just […]
It is my first day back at work today. Last night I polished my shoes for the first time in 12 months. I know. Sorry Mum. I wondered how many people use shoe polish now, or even know of its existence. And how many shoes are chucked away when they are just scuffed. I imagined […]
The other week I went to our local mall, Stocklands Balgowlah. They have a barrier at the entrance and a little machine that gives you a ticket if you ask nicely (and press the button). The machine has a mini digital screen that usually asks you to ‘PRESS THE BUTTON’ or ‘PLEASE WAIT.’ But yesterday […]
Goodbye Bump Goodbye reflux,Goodbye indigestion,Goodbye heartburn, my old friend.Goodbye hot-foot syndrome, kicks to the colon and river-dancing on my spleen.Goodbye sciatica, sore tail-bone and needing three pillows to sleep. Goodbye dizzy head-rush, neck pulsing, strangulation by neck muscles feeling.Goodbye racing pulse and less breath than breathlessness,Goodbye bursting bladder, constipation blocked diarrhoea.Goodbye not being able to […]
Jen S. Wight 