Monthly Archives: August 2016

Val at Notre Dame University My daughter, Penny, picked me up yesterday and we spent a fabulous day together visiting the Notre Dame university in Fremantle I attend, the Perth city, cool coffee shops, and then my grandson’s architectural workplace . The best day. We talked, as usual – but […]

Curiosity Brightens Your Day

30 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Val Heaton

My son is a whirlwind, an explorer, and a pilot. His imaginary friend Tririke and his imaginary dog Freedom, are constant travellers with our family. I’ve always wanted to delight in creativity with my little people in their everyday life, but I didn’t realise how frustrating it could be. Constant questions, […]

Curious Questions from a 4 year old pilot

29 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Amanda

I’ve often looked at curiosity in a bad light. Like that friend that knows errrrrybodys business, and you can’t work out whether she’s asking about yours out of genuine concern or plain curiosity. Or that darned woman who ate the apple from the serpent. Or the Cat. We all know […]

it may have killed the cat, but…

22 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Em Hazeldean

Frustration seeps into my core as I have yet another face-off with my determined offspring. The emotional outbursts leave me exhausted. I break down as I question (yet again) my parenting style, our mother-daughter relationship, the way I handle the sibling rivalry…I wonder if I might be doing something seriously […]

Curiosity or control?

18 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Esther Murray

This time last year I said yes to curiosity and allowed it to take me where I needed to go. I’ve spent a lot of time interrogating myself, and curiosity has taken me to places in my soul I never expected. Curiosity tends to do that. Alice went down the rabbit […]

I Was a Different Person Then

13 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity tagged #aliceinwonderland / #curiosity / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbert / #iwasadifferentpersonthen / #lewiscarroll / #robbell / brenébrown / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

We had a discussion. Okay, a disagreement. Okay, an argument. It was over how to stack the dishwasher. And I am seething, and hurt. And he is stewing and hurt. And I don’t even know what triggered it. So I am breathing deep breaths, and feeling the pain in the […]

On dishes, curiosity and the stories we tell ourselves

10 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Jodie McCarthy