It's not so bad in here. I'll admit to a few existential hiccups. One of them is constantly forgetting we're in a different world and carrying on for a second like nothing has changed. It's an odd feeling when I remember a lot has changed. Does anyone else occasionally feel a flash of being in … Continue reading Welcome to our crisis
How to poach a perfect egg
Skip to the bottom if you want to get right to what is seriously the easiest and fastest way to poach an egg. There's a ritual my husband and I keep to without fail, as we drive into work on a Monday. It generally follows a weekend of excess, too much wine, too much cheese, … Continue reading How to poach a perfect egg
On the forest floor
"Grief grinds slowly, it devours all the time it needs." Long Witt Woon: The Way Through the Woods. Five years ago my friend died. Not without notice, but it was fast and I felt riven. I'd lost good friends and family before and grieved desperately for them, then and now, but this loss blew me … Continue reading On the forest floor
The magic of a childhood best friend
Old friends. A mirror, a lighthouse, a sure path in the dark.
I remember you
On learning to love and saying goodbye.
When life gives you lemons
When you have too many lemons, here's a simple recipe for an environmentally friendly lemon cleaner which uses the juice and the peel.
The apartment on the fifth floor
We've travelled to Paris for a journalism conference, and are staying in a beautiful apartment on the top floor of a classic Parisian apartment block. We looked for weeks before we settled on this place. We nearly booked a houseboat on the Seine but it wasn't available when we wanted it. We were lucky. … Continue reading The apartment on the fifth floor
At The Edge
How I jumped off a skyscraper, lost my mind and found it again. An essay on trauma and recovery.
The problem isn’t Freo, it’s you.
In defence of Freo.
