Sleep when the baby sleeps, cry when the baby cries. 110 days later.It was about 11.45 pm when I heard him open the front door. He walked past me in the bath because the lights were off.Feb 23, 2024Feb 23, 2024
100 days later, a trip to the cinema and the battle for the breastI drove past the festival grounds where Foals were playing on the way to the cinema. Car speakers blaring. Windows down. I love this album…Jan 8, 2024Jan 8, 2024
On Motherhood: One month laterAs the initial shellshock of becoming a parent slowly subsides, a first time mother is at last alone with a baby. The arrival of gifts in…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Birth & BeyondThe Thursday I was finally admitted to hospital was the opening day of the new restaurant Cal works at. Cal and I just kept saying, timing…Nov 26, 2023Nov 26, 2023
Notes from the wardWe arrived for a scan at 9 am. The scan usually happens fast even though the baby is always in the wrong spot and the sonographer — if…Oct 31, 2023Oct 31, 2023
It’s only naturalA month ago sommelier Samantha Payne wrote an article for Gourmet Traveller titled Natural wine is dead.Aug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023
Inside me there are two wolves — one is my heart and the other one is a babyI first noticed my heart doing weird things in the middle of last year. I wouldn’t be doing anything really but my heart would be racing…Jul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
Western Australia, Wine & Some WalksDoes my compulsion to document and share experiences through various media diminish my experience in real time? I don’t know. It’s an…May 2, 2021May 2, 2021
Why I won’t be offering any silver lining reflections on the year 2020.We are approaching the end of the year and that means one thing for sure: the personal yearly wrap up. I am a long-term indulger in the…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
