I'm on holidays. A staycation now and a short vacation tomorrow. It's been nice - I've done some writing and pitching, some tr...

A little while ago I was tweeted at by Ashely Ide , a British man, raising awareness about visible difference. His son Ashton, has Sturge-W...

When you do things that are fun, it doesn't seem like work. I recently heard two influential writers - Tavi Gevinson and Khairani Ba...

  The more I blog, the more I keep to myself . In my experience (and also of other bloggers I know), being open and vulnerable is what d...

A couple of weeks ago I met baby Matilda and her mum Cheryle at the Royal Children's Hospital. Cheryle and I have become friends very ...

One of the outcomes I requested after being verbally abused in a taxi in July was that all drivers receive ongoing disability awareness tra...

"Meaning lies in the magic of the coincidence that you should come across work at just the right time." ~ Tavi Gevinson at Melb...

It's been horribly windy in Melbourne these past few weeks. It's cold too, rainy most days, and the sun struggles to pierce the g...

( source ) It's hard to describe the pain of sore skin. It's burning, throbbing, restricting, drying and weeping simultaneousl...

Last Friday I caught up with Samuel Johnson from Love Your Sister while he's spending some time in Melbourne. You may remember my inte...