Alma Road Community House has opened its doors for the second time this year to fashion designers, milliners, jewellers and accessories makers from all over Australia. 2nd Fashion Bazar run successfully last Sunday 14 October. It saw many visitors from all ages and nationalities. It had entertainment for kids from Smart Party Entertainment. There were…
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Buy a Bale from Favourite Aussie Writers
Dear Diary, Aussie Farmers are in real strife at the moment. Everyone is doing their best to help them in these hard times. There are all sorts of fundraising happening around the country. Some people take matter into their own hands and are actually doing what they can. Australian writers announced their own version of…
Day 30 – Things to say to 5 people
Dear Diary, We all experienced that ‘I would have said’ moment millions of times in our lives Also, we grew, matured, learnt… or not and have a lot to say to past loves, lies and tears, don’t we? Here are some of the things I would have said. To that boy You are an idiot….
Day 29 – Things that make me feel…
Dear Diary, Coming home last night, soaring somewhere up above cloud nine I thought to myself, I must be one weird woman. Things that make me feel AAAW an AAAAH and ‘I am the king of the world’ are not really the ‘things’ (Oh, you’d know what I mean) That kind of feeling. That kind…
Day 28 – The most difficult thing to forgive
Dear Diary, I have been slack yet again. But in my defence, I can say that I started writing this post in time. However, everything interferred in between and I could not finish it… I forgot to finish it. The most difficult thing to forget… What would it be? Betrayal of friends? Betrayal of loved…
Day 27 – What would I say to my EX
Dear Diary Well, well, well. This topic is a bit auspicious, if you ask me. It is French Film Festival time in Melbourne. I chose quite a few films that I’d like to watch. One of them – The Exes. I already saw it. This movie is a very light and bright comedy about exes…
Smoke and mirrors – Book review for NetGalley – The Burden of Lies (Peter Tanner #2) by Richard Beasley
Cocaine. Construction. Corruption. The unholy trinity of Sydney Self-made property mogul Tina Leonard has already lost her business, her home and custody of her children because South East Banking Corporation left her bankrupt. Now it appears she is being framed for the murder of her banker Oliver Randall, a senior executive of the corporation. Her…
Day 26 – 5 Favourite Movies
Dear Diary, Today is the day to write about my 5 favourite movies (movies that I love and love to watch over and over again), in no particular order. D’Artagnian and Threee Musketeers This is my all-time favourite. I watched it as it first came out. Then, a few years later and again, and again….
Day 25 – 8 March – Women’s Day
Dear Diary, Once again, my post about a holiday that I grew up with – International Women’s Day. The meaning of this day has lost its politics on me and most of my generation long before we were even born. What we were taught from child care all throughout our childhood – it is Mum’s…
Day 24 – What never fails to make me happy
Dear Diary, This is DAY 24 (so to speak) of my writing challenge. And today’s topic – HAPPINESS. We all heard a lot of new-age stuff about ‘don’t sweat small stuff’ or ‘little pleasures’. Well, I am all for it, not sweating and finding happiness in little things. Coffee, clouds, blue sky, flowers, accidental nice…
