A Sense Of Self
Last month I went to Rome for a 45 minute interview. The 16 hour round-trip was totally worth it however to meet the utterly charming, former L’Uomo Vogue fashion editor, Robert Rabensteiner. He of th...
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Editorial - Happiness
The Kitten, The Vet And The Pet That Made Our Family Happier
“So she’s … dead?” The young Australian vet looked at me with red eyes. “I’ve never had this happen to me before,” he half whispered, as if reading my look of alarm. A silence hung between us as we...
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The Joy Of Lists
If you stand still for long enough around here, someone will put you on a Google spreadsheet. Well, I exaggerate – but only slightly. Because without my list-making apps and online spreadsheets – not...
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On Not Giving A Damn What People Think
I grew up with a grandmother who cared a lot about what people thought of her. She was a wonderful woman – incredibly generous, pillar of the various communities where she lived, from India to Malaya...
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Funerals
We need to talk about my funeral. No, really, we do. I’m not expecting it to be imminent (I REALLY HOPE NOT!) – but I’m not burying my head (or any other part of me) in the sand, pretending it ain’t g...
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Gratitude
You know those days when everything seems to go wrong? Well, it is only 9am and it is one of those days. The problems have piled up like dirty laundry. Oh, and the washing machine has broken. The floo...
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