Changes afoot
“You’re no fun,” says Munchkin, tears in his eyes. And while it’s not news to me, this time, man, it hits a nerve. I’m at my office computer, glued to the very same screen I’m glued to now. He has...
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Jes Baker – blogger, body positive activist, all-round inspiring lady. For once, I’m referring not to the f*** word, but to ‘fat’. For today, home is a three-letter word. This is kind of difficult...
View ArticleBurn your bras (or get them wet, at least)
It’s difficult to describe triple-digit desert heat to someone who has not experienced it. So for those who are not joining me in the craziness that is summer in Tucson, Arizona, here are some...
View ArticleI am Gwyneth
Oh yah. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time: make kale ‘chips’. But too often I buy the kale in a fit of healthy, verging-on-macrobiotic excitement, then by the time I get home...
View ArticleTeenage kicks
O me miserum*. It was a phrase bandied about so often in the passages of Latin we studied at school (made me feel the Romans were a right dour lot). And it’s one I sometimes feel compelled to stamp...
View ArticleDear Gran…
Dear Gran, Wow, look at you! You were a beauty. I used to stare at this picture painting of you as a kid. It hung on my Great Gran’s (your mum’s) wall, in an oval glass frame, etched along the edges,...
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