Posted by Before, Present, After Looking back, selfless woman Looking forwards aspiration I’m there now – 54 – the present Truth This is my 54th birthday wish I regret nothing This is a sensational year Life is up to me Author of my story The ‘self’ as the enabler I am the creator Master of my life…Read more »
Posted by The Calabrese sweets I grew up eating included thick heavy biscuits, cakes, toffee laden nuts and fruit, nougat, dried fruit treats, sweet breads, fresh fruit from the tree and warm ricotta drizzled with honey. Good solid sweets, carb dense, energy rich foods for hard working farmers. Never in this journey of desserts did we make…Read more »
Posted by My anxiety has been a challenge to manage. It can impact my confidence, especially when I am caught off guard. I was co-ordinating a leadership course with a contracted practitioner who would not take responsibility for leading it. There was a lack of clarity about the form of what was to be delivered that made…Read more »
Posted by It’s been a year filled with the inability to breathe. I’ve developed GERD and dysmotility of the oesophagus. The sensations are a concertina of morning burping, and a swallow reflex ricochet of the throat, like a stretched lacker band, slacks back on itself. The conveyer belt with a buckle, like the last pair of undies…Read more »
Posted by Yesterday I learnt of the winners of the Multicultural Excellence Awards. I had been nominated by my colleague and I too had nominated a worthy candidate. To end the year with a ‘bang’- the good feeling of achievement would serve us with something to celebrate. Not that I need an excuse- I know how to…Read more »
Posted by I told them I was coming to visit. “Don’t tell Mum- cause it will be a surprise!” My sister picked me up from the bus stop. I left Melbourne at 8am, the train to Swan Hill, then the bus to Mildura. Walked through the door at 3.15pm. There she was in her chair watching the…Read more »
Posted by a memoir about growing up Italian in regional Victoria It was the end of the Millennium when the voice in my head was the eco of the red bubble-gum MAC computer, whenever I hit the wrong button: “It’s not my fault”– became embedded in my head on repeat. I did not know that this was…Read more »
Posted by For all my efforts to obtain clarity of health, the medical system is like a maze that leads to another puzzle, going deeper into the ailment that called for attention. Gone are the days when you could go to the doctor and get help- one place, one solution. Now we go to the doctor to…Read more »
Posted by I’ve finally cracked the anxiety code. This doesn’t mean I’ve tamed it, but I know what triggers it. At least for myself, though others may be different. I have this insatiable hunger that nibbles at my conscience most evenings soon following dinner. I’ve tried protein shakes, fruit and yoghurt to satiate. My weakest point, the…Read more »
Posted by Every morning I sit down with a cup of tea to write, and find myself distracted by online shopping, or other mindless tasks, that take met to LaLaLa land – zoning out. We probably need an element of zoning out to know that we need to zone in. When we recognise the drift of thoughts,…Read more »
