So having played bridge all day at the apartment where the photo above was taken, I come home a bit hot and sweaty – it was so humid – and decided to have a quick shower. Groover was out at Kareoke for a friend’s birthday. So I get out my nice Chanel soapy stuff lather [...]
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It’s horrible news. It takes you out of your comfort zone. Your easy relationship of the past has gone. Suddenly all the rules have changed. Your friend could be dying. Suddenly you don’t know what to say. Big C is in the room. But have the rules changed? Has your relationship altered? Does your [...]
I had no interest in picking up Helen Garner’s latest novel The Spare Room. Helen has always seemed a little worthy, a little hard core for me. I based this assessment on what I’d seen of her in the media and some vague memory of her writing something on sexual harassment… I haven’t actually read [...]
