The steering wheel and dash are closer than they should be. I'm not sure why, but I'm not worried. I hold my arm up and invite the faces around me to look at it; it looks like an S. They don't find it as funny as I do. Now my seat is reclined and there … Continue reading What I remember of my first car
And the gold medal goes to…
I was really bad at running cross country at school. It made me sick with anxiety. It was a cruel thing to do to kids; make them leave the warmth of the classroom where they were learning good lessons about the placement of the apostrophe and 'it's' vs 'its', to go out into the bush … Continue reading And the gold medal goes to…
I’m inspired.
Some might say Gandhi, Mandela or Mother Teresa. While I love a good advocate of independence, peace, freedom, justice or compassion, when it came to thinking about today's prompt in Clairey Hewitt's I'm Blogging Every Day in May! -- 'I am inspired by...' -- here's what came to mind: I am inspired by: Pinterest. Whether … Continue reading I’m inspired.
I once had a mentor who…
I'm watching The Voice and one of the contestants is talking about how Keith Urban is his mentor. Today's prompt in Clairey Hewitt's I'm Blogging Every Day in May! is 'I once had a mentor who…'. I don't think I've ever had a mentor (though I wouldn't mind if Keith was mine). And because I … Continue reading I once had a mentor who…
It’s only ten years away
Ever since I was fourteen, I've felt fourteen. Whether it's cooking marshmallows on a school camp, cooking two-minute noodles at college, or cooking cupcakes with our kids, my mind has always been the same age. Where I'm at in life might change, but ultimately I still feel like a 14-year-old who wants to be liked … Continue reading It’s only ten years away
Today you will make a decision.
When I was at university, my horoscope once read that I would either get pregnant or win Tattslotto. How can it be that everyone born in a particular month (actually they use the end of one month and the first half of another to make it more mysterious and believable) has the same thing happen … Continue reading Today you will make a decision.
‘Did you wet the bed?’
I snuggled down in the spare bed in the middle of the night, glad my brother hadn't heard me climb in. But then he said, 'Did you wet the bed?' "No.' I said. It was a really weak defence. There was no point following it with any excuses; I knew that he knew I was … Continue reading ‘Did you wet the bed?’
Remember why you started
When I bought my trusty old Alphasmart on eBay from America (with the sticky A key that stays pressed down, only really handy when you're typing aardvark or Aaron), the minute it arrived in the post I felt like a writer. You may remember seeing my Alphasmart when I strapped it to the pram and … Continue reading Remember why you started
That’s another one down and it was good
It feels like three days ago that I dragged armchairs around the lounge room floor to make space for the Christmas tree. And we hung decorations covered in glitter and foam shapes from kindergarten. But it wasn't three days ago at all. It was 12 months. Did I just go to the toilet and when … Continue reading That’s another one down and it was good
Writing by Larissa Patton 