Best Weekend
Best Weekend #90 – God Save the Queen – from Us…
I wonder how the Queen feels about Aussies celebrating her birthday?
We’re like the black ...
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Who are you putting your money on today?
According to Centrebet, Roll Out the Barrel is the red-hot favourite at $1.14.
The mighty stallion isn’t carrying as ...
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Whoever’s up there pulling our strings has a wonderful sense of humour.
For example, take winter ailments (please, take them!)
Like guided missiles, they target our weaknesses.
One ...
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“When Daddy dies, can we get a cat?”
This was the first question out of Grace’s mouth on the morning of her fourth birthday.
I guess ...
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I’m writing this column wearing a skimpy floral frock, moth-eaten woollen overcoat, scarf, beanie and ugg boots.
Before you race off to call Harper’s Bazaar (Hold ...
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I feel decidedly uncomfortable around rich people.
Not that I think they’re all mercenary (although billionaire miners protesting about losing a couple of million does ...
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There are two types of people: boycotters and forgivers.
Boycotters will punish service providers for the slightest transgression.
“I asked for a goat milk latte with ...
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Ever had one of those moments where you see – with stunning clarity – exactly where you went wrong?
I had one this week while teaching ...
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Shopping at Aldi is like being on Survivor.
First, you have to complete a puzzle: which little-known brand of baked beans will taste the same as ...
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Readers of this column would be familiar with my distaste for festivals: the heaving crowds, the food of questionable origin, the overflowing portaloos.
But there’s ...
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Sometimes, the best weekends are unexpected.
Like last weekend, when granddad came to stay.
He’d just turned 90, so I thought it would be a somewhat ...
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One of my guilty pleasures is reading day spa menus.
Not that I necessarily want to be covered in a “delicious concoction of cinnamon, juniper berry, ...
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There’s an exquisite irony in the expression “It’s all good”.
Most of us say it when things are far from good.
“Oh yeah, the house burned ...
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I have a fierce addiction.
It’s not alcohol, drugs or even Krispy Cremes.
It’s exercise.
And last week, my obsession almost led to a grisly end in the ...
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Want to feel young again?
Go back to your old primary school.
It’s like a time machine: suddenly you become a freckly-faced, wide-eyed, snotty-nosed kid again.
The ...
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They say there’s nothing like the fresh country air.
I don’t know who “they” are.
But they’re absolutely right.
Our destination is central Victoria, ravaged by the ...
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I would rather stick needles in my breasts than go camping.
Plenty of people swear by it: getting back to nature, spending time with the family, ...
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There’s something quite unnerving about fancy functions.
It starts with the dress code.
What is a Lounge Suit anyway?
This week I’ve frocked up for several hoity-toity events, ...
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I am a notorious fish killer.
It’s not something I’m proud of.
But it’s reached the stage where I need help.
You know – AA for people who ...
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If you google “wedding horror stories”, there are 1,100,000 results.
Why do public declarations of undying love bring out the worst in people?
Old enmities are lain ...
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