Yearly Archives: 2016

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

Every year on my birthday, I feel like a get a second chance. It’s almost like my very own New year. At midnight, I thank God for the year past and the one to come. I kiss my husband and raise a glass to the new. There is expectation and […]

Happy Birthday to you and your cat

1 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity by Riyanka Panditha

I best stay here in bed with back-to-back episodes of Gilmore Girls because it’s really too late to read that book that I know I should read because well, it’s late and I won’t actually retain any of it anyway so I will save it for tomorrow when I’m fresh […]

make progress, not excuses

24 Jul, 2016 in 2016: excuses by Em Hazeldean

As my husband addressed my eldest, I saw her instinctively stiffen in a defensive stance on the stairs. He barely finished his sentence and she jumped in with that oft-repeated phrase, ‘Yes, but …’. He cut her off before she could continue with this incisive statement. ‘”Yes, but” … actually […]

yes, but …

19 Jul, 2016 in 2016: excuses by Jodie McCarthy

Right now, I’m in the midst of creating something new. This idea lives in a filing cabinet in my brain under creative projects and if this was a tangible space I would need to store my ideas in a building bigger than the State library. Often, though, my creative projects […]

Can I get price check on Excuses for register four?

18 Jul, 2016 in 2016: excuses by Sara Polanski

Something curious interrupted my mindless scrolling through the internet the other day. Through the layered pages of words and pictures, I saw this; Stunned. Okay woah! At first, I was a little cheesed off. I’m not going to lie. I mean, I was annoyed and I retracted way back into […]

A Good Reason is Not a Good Excuse

15 Jul, 2016 in 2016: excuses by Jo-Anne Gordon