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Welcome to our crisis

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 →

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 27 Comments March 29, 2020October 6, 2020 6 Minutes

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 →

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 9 Comments February 15, 2020April 29, 2020 3 Minutes

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 →

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 15 Comments January 19, 2020June 17, 2021 5 Minutes

The magic of a best friend

Old friends. A mirror, a lighthouse, a sure path in the dark.

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 7 Comments December 1, 2019March 20, 2022 4 Minutes

I remember you

On learning to love and saying goodbye.

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 16 Comments August 18, 2019February 16, 2020 5 Minutes

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.

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 6 Comments July 20, 2019February 16, 2020 2 Minutes

At The Edge

How I jumped off a skyscraper, lost my mind and found it again. An essay on trauma and recovery.

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized Leave a comment June 26, 2019May 17, 2022 7 Minutes

The problem isn’t Freo, it’s you.

In defence of Freo.

Gillian O’Shaughnessy Uncategorized 56 Comments July 7, 2018February 16, 2020 5 Minutes
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