Yes, just like millions of others I became a part of the Cabbage Patch Kid craze. I had resisted at first mind you, as the first ones were ugly red…
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IN MY LIFE: I was a member of the Barbie fan club!
Back in 1985 my mother signed me up to the Barbie fan club. Can’t remember if it was just for here in Australia, but I didn’t care. I loved Barbie…
IN MY LIFE: Fan clubs I was a member of
Back in the day, the days I was little, I was a member of several fan clubs, as you are as a kid. And one of them was the Cocky’s…
IN MY LIFE: My letter from Agro
This is a new series of blog posts showing the world the kinds of things I got up to as a kid. An insight into me. When I was a…
Sometimes it’s bloody hard being a carer.
I had fully expected to do nothing but eat chocolate and make jewellery as I’ve done for the last few Easters (more on the jewellery in future posts), but this…
Was it really a matter of a false alarm or was there a bomb at the Elizabeth Shopping Centre in South Australia?
Mum had a doctor’s appointment today so we went to the Elizabeth Shopping Centre. We started at entrance #1 and made our way down to Big W at #2. Their…
The results of last night’s park bombing
Last night in my area, just one house away, there were several loud bangs. At first I thought it was the neighbours down the back as they were working in…
The saga of the fallen tree….
We had high winds here in Adelaide last week and even though I’d gone out on Tuesday and my tree was fine, sometime between when I got home and Thursday…