Happiness by Design: Give Your Soul a Hot Water Bottle

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” –  Thomas Merton One of the joys … More

Happiness by Design: A Room full of Hope, Connection and Love

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” – Albert Einstein. I’ve been a little obsessed over the past couple of … More

65 Questions with Au Pair and Musical Theatre Student Ella Solic

  “With acting, I get to see certain things that happen in life through the eyes of another person, to … More

Confessions of a Single Mother: The Strongest Connection of All

“Nothing in the world could come between us, in those few moments, we were untouchable.” I’ve been meaning to write … More

Confessions of a Single Mother: Her Good Deed

“Yes, you can!” I wasn’t overly keen on parking along the road by Maia’s nursery, but it was either that … More

51 Questions with Soon-to-be Primary School Teacher Harriet Dismorr

“I just encompass the notion that everyone should treat everyone else how they’d want to be treated. Be kind to … More

For the Love of Charity Shops: This Week’s 5 Novels

“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.” ― Khaled Hosseini … More

A Brief Encounter with Nursing

“You’re studying Nursing?” “Yep!” “Wow…good for you” *Is it?! I don’t know! Have I fucked up? HELP ME!* The thought … More

5 Things that made me Smile this week

5 Things that brightened up my week: 1. WATERSTONES AND IT’S MAGICAL LITTLE CHILDREN’S SECTION Although Maia was more attracted … More

INSIDE Artists and Writers in Reading Prison: 5 Things about Oscar Wilde

“IN THE GREAT PRISON WHERE I WAS THEN INCARCERATED, I WAS MERELY THE FIGURE AND THE LETTER OF A LITTLE … More