Disabled People Don’t Drive Sports Cars, evidently
In 2011 I wrote this piece for an ABC website and unfortunately some recent events have proved that it’s still relevant today. I’m reposting a slightly modified version here to…
Browsing: Health
Guilt free muffins in Perth at Jam café
Sometimes it’s the little unassuming places that give you the biggest surprises. That’s what happened recently during what was meant to be a quick half hour catch up with a…
Community spirit thrives at Beaufort Street Festival 2015
The Beaufort Street Festival has a knack of arriving on the first extremely hot summers day. This year I planned to hold off going until later in the day/evening but…
Where would we be without hairdressers?
November marks the donning of fascinators, the squeezing of hips into tight dresses and the art of perfecting one’s balance while meandering through the streets in death defying high heels.…
Citizen Band inspires at WA Art Gallery
On my way out from seeing the Brett Whiteley exhibition at the WA Art Gallery I was lured into an insignificant looking exhibition called Citizens Band in the Screen Space.
Brett Whiteley pondered The American Dream
I finally made it to the Art Gallery to see Brett Whiteley’s most iconic painting The American Dream, American Nightmare. Years ago I’d seen a documentary about the painter and…
Inside Out Delight at Basilica
The other day I was in the city around lunchtime but having spent all morning in a meeting the last thing I wanted to do was sit inside a stuffy…
Win tickets to Perth Fitness & Health Expo
Spring’s just around the corner and that means summer which means swimming, which means bathers, which means love handles, which means diets, which means hunger, which means irritability, which means…
Review: New York in Perth at East Village
What happens if you have a hankering for a Reuben sandwich or classic New York pizza but you live on the other side of the planet? What happens if you live…
The secret life of ice rink penguins (Job satisfaction)
Monday, the working week has begun and for some strange reason I can’t help pondering about the penguins I saw working at the Winterland and the Winter Garden Festivals. Can you…
Job Satisfaction #10: The Body Wrap
It’s been a while since I wrote a Job Satisfaction post and with the weekend fast approaching I thought this one might also act as a bit of a public…
Review: The Little Shop of Plenty café
For a while now I’ve been watching the slow transformation of an old mechanic workshop into a bright and light café. We’ve seen a hardware store successfully converted into a café (read…
Tips on how to overcome grief or loss #1
This year represents the tenth anniversary of the passing of my partner and eight years since I wrote 50 Ways To Grieve Your Lover. In my workshops I always talk about…
Reuniting lost family members (Missing Lives Exhibition Australian Red Cross)
Several years ago I was fortunate to work for the Australian Red Cross Society where I spent three years travelling across WA talking about the works of this terrific organisation.…
Partisan movie suggests an unnerving potential future
The other day I sidled into Luna Cinema for a sneaky midweek movie. On offer was a light hearted romantic comedy or a gritty drama. With clear blue autumn skies…
Anarchy at WA Day 2015
This year the powers that be declared loud and often that WA Day should be spent relaxing, a message contrary to the mass warblings about getting up off the coach.…
Great lunch and range at The Ingredient Tree
The other day I was between meetings and dropped into The Ingredient Tree in Wembley for what I thought was going to be a quick bite. But the store was…
No rest for mother’s (Mother’s Day Classic Run Perth 2015)
Mother’s Day … after years of worrying, advising, fixing, hugging, dressing, feeding and burping (of their offspring naturally … although after one too many champers ?!?) surely they’ve earned a day…
