Tag: news
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There is only one guarantee in life: Everything changes
Some people are resistant to change – particularly from middle age onwards – while others embrace it. Some of us want to cram as many crazy, new experiences into our twilight years, while others take comfort from what they know. Photo by Alexandra Ișvănescu on Unsplash On a personal level, I have always embraced change, which explains my…
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Every Cloud…And All That Claptrap
Photo by kilarov zaneit on Unsplash Sorry, sorry, SORRY for being so lax about updating you with my own particular brand of mayhem over the past few weeks. You know what house moves are like, and then there’s the day job, and an overdue revisit to my fiction writing. Added to which, some weeks it…
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Royal Baby #3
I like to think that I am a good person, but fundamentally, I must be a bitch, (as well as a hypocrite if you look at my last post about women supporting women), because I can’t help feeling a tad jealous about the way Kate squeezed out another heir, seemingly without a perfectly-coiffed, soft-curled hair out…
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Time to Tear Down Mia Freedman
I needed to write this piece in defense of Mia Freedman of Mamamia, because she has been an inspiration for my own writing. Whatever her detractors accuse her of in connection to the debacle yesterday with Roxane Gay, I refuse to accept that her intentions in her approach to their interview were anything but respectful…
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I Don’t Give A Fuck About Packer’s Street Brawl!
The misrepresentation of the news is seriously pissing me off at the moment. Grumpy Cat (Photo credit: Scott Beale) You can call me Middle-Aged Grumpy Cat if you want, because if the shoe fits, that’s fine with me. But does the news seem more depressing these days or is it just that with social media…
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Diary of A Middle-Aged Woman Part Two
This was my diary for last week. There was THE GOOD… Out of all the potential for things going horrendously wrong when you force your non-conformist ADHD teenager to the school formal (where drink and drugs are not allowed), Kurt only forgot his date’s corsage. U-turn on the Harbour Bridge in rush hour – too…
Louisa Simmonds 