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I was recently more privileged than I can express to spend an evening in the company of Eric Bibb and Staffan Astner, and some other beautiful people as well. As my life journeys on like the freight train it is, … Continue reading
Why I never say witch hunt
For those who don’t know, my original qualifications in academia are a first class honours degree in history, eighteenth century Irish history, to be precise. I commenced and completed about half a PhD but birth trauma made this untenable and … Continue reading
My legal bill
Readers of this blog will not be unaware that in 2009 my third child was stillborn at home. In October last year the NSW coroner’s office decided an inquiry needed to be held. We received the brief a few weeks … Continue reading
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Physiological miscarriage **trigger warning** loss, trauma
Many thanks to the woman who generously offered this story. Miscarriage is rare at home nowadays despite the demonstrably poor support offered in overstretched hospitals which have neither the means nor capacity to support women like their own midwife. L … Continue reading
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(Very) Thankful Thursday
Oh my goodness! There are few things more humbling, heartwarming and sniffly-making, than an unexpected gift from thoughtful, generous, beautiful people. To the Joyous Birth women of Western Australia, I say a huge thankful thank you. I’m truly moved … Continue reading
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Coming home to ourselves
Home. Other than Motherhood, is there a trope more gleefully exploited or summoned up in the hopes of selling us something from air freshener to rolling shutters? And yet how many of us are actually at Home in a true … Continue reading
Architecture Nerd Alert
I live in Sydney and have been in and out of the Sydney Opera House my whole life. I’ve never tired of it and at least once a week I go to the city to walk around it, eat icecream, … Continue reading
