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!
This government is fine for me, but not for Australia
(source)For starters people - HE IS NOT THE PRIME MINISTER ELECT. We're not freaking America. We've elected a Coalition Government - not just Abbott. Though seriously - I am genuinely bewildered by the fact that Australian's made the vote into a...
New York vs Paris
I went to Paris once. Ready to experience all that Paris was supposed to offer. I’d seen the movies. I had read the books. I’d spoken to people that had been there. I’d met French people I liked who loved their capital city. I’d studied its...
The end of the world. Or not.
I am going to tell you something that is not a secret.I work in social media. It's my job. It's also something I do for fun in my spare time. And I also freelance in the communications space. In fact, I even deliver training to people about how to utilise social...
Postcard from an enthusiastic tourist
My dad is the ultimate tourist. When he goes places, he likes to see the things along the way as well as the thing he is going to see. He researches the places, takes photos and is guaranteed to find an abundance of random facts about his destination with...
I can never look at them enough. Never.
I spend a lot of time looking at my daughters. It's never enough time.I love the smattering of freckles on one nose. The birthmark on an ankle. The cross face. The fragility of a neck in pigtails. The pigeon toes. The scuffed knees. The sleeping cheek. So...
Morally reprehensible but strangely normal.
Do you know what is perplexing me a bit at the moment?And it's not the fact that people think for the moment that the Liberal party are a good option. I can make that leap, albeit twitching manically.The thing that perplexes me is this obsession with videoing...
Wine vs Lemons
I know I mentioned it recently. I'm tired a lot at the moment. A lot. My girls have been sick. They are not sleeping or they are sleeping in our bed. When they sleep in our bed, they've been experiencing with spontaneous middle of the night...
Cute at four, not at near 40
A few days past, my toddler's BFF had an accident. Not an "oh no lost my face to a bear kind of accident", but an "oops, should have mentioned I was pooping kind" kind of accident.Which was fine. Because her mother was here and I didn't have to deal with...
Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
I sleep, perchance to dream.Well. No.I sleep because I hunger for oblivion. I want eight hours of no thoughts, no thinks, no thunks. I am not interested in what my semi-conscious and other bits of my brain box are having meetings about. I care not for...
I vote – therefore – I’m screwed
Winston says "blah blah....We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...
Experience Awesome – don’t mind if I do
In a rather timely fashion considering my last post was on face painting - I have been sent an offer for readers of my blog which kind of appeals to me because it's like 'culture' and 'fun' together. Which is a rare find. Death of a Salesman my friend might be...
Violence and face painting don’t mix
People are baffling.People that threaten to rape people because they run a petition to get Jane Austen on a bank note. People who deface memorial pages. People that drive at 20 kph in 60 kph zones. People that idolise Justin Bieber. People that hate on people...