I’M AS fashion conscious as the next woman – I like a bit of style, love a dash of glamour – and I’m looking forward to...
23rd March 2015 8:03 AM
IT SENDS my heart pounding faster than usual, but not in a good way.
18th March 2015 12:03 PM
Ever-increasing costs put pressure on us all, but small sacrifices will see us survive
09th March 2015 9:03 AM
ONE of my smaller pet hates, and I have a lot of them, is story stealers.
16th Feb. 2015 7:02 AM
WHEN you’ve lived a long life, you look back a lot.
02nd Feb. 2015 10:02 AM
IF I say ‘Latin America’ what does it conjure up? Colour? Music? Festivals? Food? Romance?
31st Jan. 2015 8:01 AM
WHILE 2014 was not the best year for our lovely country, I reckon it’s still good here.
05th Jan. 2015 8:01 AM
EVERY Christmas Day for as far back as I wish to remember, I’ve done the big hot Christmas lunch.
21st Dec. 2014 8:12 PM
CHRISTMAS is coming and the geese aren’t getting fat – at least not here in Queensland.
15th Dec. 2014 7:12 AM
I’VE written on the subject before, but I feel compelled to bring it up again, after sitting on a bus for half an hour in...
08th Dec. 2014 11:12 AM
IT TOOK a lot of encouragement and declarations of false bravery to ready ourselves for “the job” we undertake in...
01st Dec. 2014 7:12 AM
I DO LIKE a scary movie. I don’t mean horror movies – awful things.
17th Nov. 2014 7:11 AM
I FELT the urge for a brussel sprout come upon me last week.
10th Nov. 2014 8:11 AM
WHAT’S going on with all the jars? They’re everywhere.
03rd Nov. 2014 8:11 AM
MALTA is a trendy and cheery holiday destination, despite enduring 7000 years of invasions.
01st Nov. 2014 12:11 PM
OPINION: I LIKE to read interviews with famous people where they do a Q&A; and are asked what their favourite...
20th Oct. 2014 7:10 AM
VISITING a city you grew up in, long after you have left it, is exhilarating.
18th Oct. 2014 6:10 AM
I’VE got a thing for tea towels.
29th Sept. 2014 8:09 AM
HAVE you stopped and thought about how much your mind has to process these days?
22nd Sept. 2014 8:09 AM
We’re having another baby in a couple of weeks. Yes, we are keeping up with royal babies, and no, of course said baby will...
15th Sept. 2014 8:09 AM
LET’S talk once more about books and our delight in discovering a new author we love.
08th Sept. 2014 6:09 AM
IS IT just me or do you have trouble with chopsticks?
01st Sept. 2014 6:09 AM
FOR the past few months I’ve been shopping in French supermarkets.
18th Aug. 2014 10:08 PM
I’M A big woman, as in above-average height, or what I like to call athletic.
11th Aug. 2014 9:08 AM
I BECAME an honorary Swiss person early in July this year.
04th Aug. 2014 8:08 AM
I’VE got too much stuff. So have you
28th July 2014 8:07 AM
SOME time ago, I read a book called I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club, by Virginia Ironside.
21st July 2014 7:07 AM
IN the spirit of selflessness and because I have a naturally beautiful nature, I offered to take her three-year-old girl...
07th July 2014 7:07 AM
I’VE HAD my bag stolen.
30th June 2014 6:06 AM
ONE of the many statements you do not want to hear as you grow older (and my, but the list grows daily) is “let’s meet for...
23rd June 2014 7:06 AM
OKAY, I’m fessing up. I’ve read Fifty Shades of Grey. But only because it was feature book of the month at my book club.
15th June 2014 7:06 PM
A VISIT from my daughter is always a cherished time, even if she does hit the house like a tsunami.
09th June 2014 9:06 AM
SOMETIMES we miss the obvious. We don’t see what is right under our noses.
26th May 2014 10:05 AM
WE’VE just had our kerbside rubbish collection and sorry if you don’t have such a service where you live because it’s very...
19th May 2014 9:05 AM
EASTER is well over and we can all now get back to normality.
28th April 2014 6:04 AM
I ACCIDENTALLY bought a loaf of bread yesterday that wasn’t sliced.
07th April 2014 7:04 AM
LET’S talk about words. After all, they are what I do for a living.
31st March 2014 6:03 AM
AM I the only one who suffers from “home alone” syndrome?
24th March 2014 9:03 AM
I HAVE a failing. Well, I have many failings ... zillions of them ... but for the moment, I’m prepared to tell you of this...
10th March 2014 7:03 AM
SOME women love jewellery, others love flash cars, yet others love expensive clothes and big brand make-up.
03rd March 2014 7:03 AM
DONATING your body to science. Not just your organs, noble though that is. Your entire body. I confess I have never given...
24th Feb. 2014 8:02 AM
WHAT’S the deal with coconut water?
10th Feb. 2014 6:02 AM
I’M a bit like Eddie from Absolutely Fabulous at the moment.
03rd Feb. 2014 6:02 AM
I’VE just finished a book so charming, so delightful, so charismatic, I felt lost when it ended.
27th Jan. 2014 6:01 AM
A CRUSTY baguette, a wedge of pungent cheese, one ripe tomato – what do they add up to, you may well ask.
23rd Jan. 2014 6:01 AM
ALL I ask it that unless your name is Hugh Jackman, please don’t wear your Speedos to the supermarket.
24th Dec. 2013 10:12 AM
I KNOW it’s not correct to mention the D word, but here you go.
01st March 2013 8:03 PM
THE time had come. There was no putting it off any more.
23rd Feb. 2013 6:02 AM
