REVIVAL

Odes to the Baglady in A minor TRACK 1 - Much More than This TRACK 12 - Are you there, Caz?

Inspired by the legendary 70s concept albums as well as the songwriting of Waits, Dylan and Cave, Odes to the Baglady in A Minor is a ...

The logistics of getting to the hospital on time had been preying on our minds, to the point that whenever someone asked me where I was havi...

I’m currently pregnant with my third child. My first two are girls, and whenever people ask what we’d prefer for our third, we say anothe...

There are two pictures in my friend’s home that my nine-year-old finds scary. One is an original artwork of a woman who has had her legs ...

 Ashburton Support Services op shop, Ashburton  Meanwhile, forget Christmas in July, this is Christmas in Mount Waverley... in J...

One of the things I’ve noticed about opening a business in the country is how often the word “support” crops up. “I hope people support...

My boyfriend turned 40 recently, so he has reached that age at which a man must start to come to terms with the fact that he may never – ...

NEW at The Amy Emporium Lydra clutches (made of pre-loved leather and textiles)  Bob Window cushions (made of recycled woolle...

It all started because I’d signed a lease on a shop and needed coffee cups – fast. Selling coffee wasn’t part of the original plan, you...

Something seems to have happened to my short-term memory. Whenever I plan to cook   beans, for instance, I can never – ever – for the life...

I crossed a line today. I bought this CD for the girls after they'd mentioned, in a casual, off-hand sort of way, that they might be ...

 Review of Playing House  in Take 5   magazine,   April 4, 2012  

My daughters are currently racing through Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. For some reason, their preferred reading po...

BOOK LAUNCH Me and my sister-in-law

Another favourite column has recently bitten the dust. No surprises there. The unfortunate reality is that many pages of the newspaper are ...

The Amy Emporium five weeks on...

When I was setting up my shop, I was a mess. My boyfriend had quit his job, I'd signed a commercial lease and outlaid thousands of dolla...

The Known World Bookshop , Ballarat One of the things I sell in my shop is second-hand books, and friends and family have very kindly ...

I know that the chances are that I will never win the lottery. But I have a special set of numbers, and sometimes, when I'm feeling desp...