I turn 45 this year. It’s weird to even think about that age. I feel like it’s sort of an in-between age – not quite middle-aged (although technically it’s smack bang in the middle of a normal life expectancy for someone like me), not quite young anymore. I’m old enough to be going grey and […]
Australia Day
Why I no longer celebrate it. I was going to write a different post this week, but I watched a documentary that made me change my mind. This is something I’ve done for the last few years (or not done, really), without making a big deal of it, but I feel like now is the […]
2020 The Year in Review
Let’s be honest. 2020 is best viewed in the rear-view mirror. It’s been a year, hasn’t it? It’s really kicked some of us in the nether region. But here’s the thing. Despite the lockdowns and having to be much more aware of my surroundings and personal hygiene, and having to postpone or rethink holidays or […]
How catching a mouse taught me a lesson about writing
My wife yelled out “Got’im!” in the middle of the night a few days ago. No, she wasn’t dreaming. I was though, until that moment. She’d been listening to a mouse run around our bedroom until finally, it found the food we’d left for it in the trap she’d set. She’d heard it go off […]
Sunshine Coast Pride Festival Wrap-up
Sunshine Coast Pride Festival was a blast! I just had to get that out of the way first up because it was an amazing day and I am SO exhausted because of it. In a good way, of course! It was my first time out and about in public meeting people and talking about […]