Even when you step out of a job, some things don’t leave you. What you don’t want is for it to interfere with whatever job you’re doing now, which happens sometimes. I’ve settled down as a school secretary and I
Dad winning a commercial shed
My father always played the lotto. He bought a ticket every Friday for thirty years, always hopeful he would win. Watching the lotto was a family affair during which we’d gather around the TV for the two minute program, watching the
Accident free zone: Platforms and ladders
When I first reported the accident I kept it very quiet. I didn’t want any controversy created over who was to blame. I simply slipped off the aluminium platform, it was my fault although really it was an innocent accident.
Facing your fears
I think it’s time. There’s been something I’ve been putting off for years now, afraid to face my own mortality, but sometimes there are events that just really put it into perspective. I know it’s quite dark to talk about,
New Courier Satchels Coming Your Way
I inadvertently ended up influencing the national postal service’s impending legislation. It all started last year when I received in the post, a package from my husband sent from India. He was acting in a film that was shooting on
Finest Beauty Salon Signage
“You beauty!” — classic Aussie line. I’m thinking of sticking it on on the front of my beauty shop which is called True Blue Beauty Salon. We only do Aussie styles here: beach blonde foils and fake tans. For the
Boat competition with fabrications
Every year our town has its annual “Boat-off”. It’s kind of an competition, kind of a festival, where everyone brings their boats and we judge them based on various factors. A prize is then given to the man with the
My dream home
A lot of people talk about their dream home – a suburban brick or weatherboard house, a bedroom each for their 2.5 future kids, a bathtub with legs and a nice yard for barbies and the dog to run around
Wading through the fog
A lot of the time it feels like the skin I’m wearing isn’t – can’t possibly – be mine. When did the fine lines appear at the corners of my eyes, I ask myself. They were never there before, that’s
A broken window to a broken mind
He had always loved her. They had known each other for approaching sixty years and although their love hadn’t taken on different forms in the past, it had always been there, one of the only constants of their lives he