Talking Frankly is about everything from housework to human rights. It is a mixture of observation, commentary and opinions.
It also contains a lot of profanity along with the humanity. And please don’t steal my work. Somebody invariably dobs you in and it gets messy.
Enjoy!
Working from home
The biggest challenge about working from home? Is well, working from home.There are no people idly gossiping about television. When you read something that really gets you excited or pumped up, the only person you can tell is yourself. Nobody offers...
If you don’t do something, who will?
Do you know Martin Niemoller? He was a German pastor who during the 30s supported Hitler and who grew disillusioned with him not because of the erosions of freedoms accorded to others, but because eventually the new way of doing things, impacted on him and his...
My rock star epiphany
So back on New Year's Eve in 2000, a friend and I accepted an invitation by a member of the band Powderfinger to go to a party at the drummer's house. We did. Forgot to be cool, drank too much and took ourselves off home just before midnight to ensure we left with...
A gift for Lucy
My gorgeous sister-in-law has just abandoned solo living to move into a house with a friend in east London. My beautiful man and I have been terribly remiss in sending a housewarming gift so I thought I'd start with my refresher course for 'living with people'.Don't...
A bit of a love letter to childcare
Childcare.It you're worried about it. You are doing it wrong.The most often discussed aspect of childcare is that it is not cheap. My question is why would you expect it to be cheap? You are entrusting the most precious and beloved people in your life to...
I’m a page 22 girl!
Just behind Kerri Sackville's VERY good article on being a pottymouth parent* - there I am. Published. Page 22. February edition of Practical Parenting. Which is mainstream media. Australia's number one magazine for parents. And best of...
I am a woman of strong opinions
I am a woman of strong opinions.If you're a regular reader of this blog, this isn't probably a surprise. If you've known me for more than a minute in real life, this probably isn't a surprise either.. It's true. And yes my dear pedants, by it's very...
I had a dream
Okay, I get that there are things that make up our conscious mind and things that make up our subconscious mind and all of this works together in some mysterious way.And I get that quite often our subconscious mind works overtime when we are at rest and seemingly...
Understanding blah blah blah
This quote on a friend's feed on the faceybook. "With no understanding, there can be no acceptance." It's obviously spoken to her. It did not speak to me. I've googled it and I and the closest I can come to putting the quote into context is JK...
Three little words
So there is this guy Trevor Young who is known as the PR Warrior. I first met him at the ProBlogger conference I went to last year where I was massively inspired by the confidence and kindness of so many successful bloggers and entrepreneurs. I wrote a post...
The letter I never read
When I was in Year 6, we all had to write a letter to ourselves to open when we were 21. I don't remember the exact things we were to include but it was about what we thought our future selves would be like and what we were like right then in 1985.I sealed that...
Enthusiasm. So uncool.
I have some friends who are positive. Really genuinely enthusiastic about, well, life. All the time. If you are one of them - you can stop reading now, I got nothing for you that you don't already have.Yahoo Serious - Role Model You probably know...