top of page

Can I have...with that?

Been to a dinner party lately where all your companions have food requests? The Thanksgiving cartoon in New Yorker reminded me of the...

In my next life, I'm a French woman!

What is it about French women? It doesn't matter where they are, what they're doing or who they're with - from supermarket shopping to...

Bring on sun, sand, water, cocktails, sunsets...

I am sure I'm not the only person who is desperate for 2021 to end. Nor am I the only person, I suspect, who can't wait to flop on the...

And the lipstick is still too bright...

Australian Seniors has published a recently-conducted survey about ageism and guess what? Surprise, surprise! Many older Australians have...

Love a little caftan

A Sydney Morning Herald story today talks about Jennifer Coolidge - Legally Blond, 2 Broke Girls - wearing countless voluminous sequinned...

Best yarns for a rainy day

One of my addictions is reading...give me a good book and I can curl up for hours on end absorbed by great tales and mysterious...

Have your cake and eat it too...after 50!

Is there such a thing after 50? Well, sort of but not really... Just about everything you read, listen to or watch tells us that after...

So we're old after 50????

A story published in the Australian Financial Review today revealed that a survey of more than 600 business leaders by the Human Rights...

It's all about a Bulgari watch

So, this week in Australia, a very well-credentialed, experienced and accomplished female CEO has been questioned by Senate estimates...

Unlucky in love...who hasn't been there?????

There's not a woman on the planet who this week has not felt for the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Imagine having your entire...

Sun, palm trees, cocktails and sleep

I have been fortunate to spend the past few weeks in sunny Far North Queensland, having driven up here from Sydney prior to the Covid-19...

If I can do it, anyone can...

If someone had told me a decade ago, that I would summit Mt Kilimanjaro at the age of 55 or trek to Everest Base Camp at 57, I probably...

bottom of page