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Meghan’s polished sincerity remains opaque. She’s either a true believer in her empowerment-by-entree brand or laughing privately at the absurdity. I think it’s the former. She’s serious about the transcendental power of icing sugar. Which brings us to what she’s served up after her hiatus. Baked goods. Not policy discussions, not candid reflections on modern […]
Friendships thrive on shared confidences, from the frivolous to the deeply personal. So when you’re communicating over a long distance, it’s important to keep that as part of your interactions. “You have to be intentional with your communication,” Rouhan says. “It’s that ‘oh, I just had to tell you this’.” Stay regular One of the […]
I was surprised to unwrap a pair of Country Road mugs from a relative a few Christmases ago. First, because I received something that I liked (she is known in our family for her poor present choices). And second, because I had seen them before – the Christmas prior when I gifted them to her. […]
Loading I didn’t receive a Jewish education, for example, but I did celebrate my bat mitzvah. I missed out on formally learning Italian, but spent weeks in Bellosguardo, my family’s small mountainous village near the Amalfi Coast. I don’t go to synagogue or church – in fact, religion is completely removed from our practice, which […]
When my brother and sister sent me my niblings’ Christmas lists this year – instruction manuals to keep this out-of-state, out-of-touch aunt on a four- and 11-year-old’s nice list – I read them with conflicting warmth and consumerist guilt. It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that I produced a wish list that was […]
We love this large reusable shopping bag ($18.95) from Bespoke Letterpress, with artwork by Australian artist Eliza Koch. The waterproof bag can carry up to 18 kilograms and can be stored in its matching pouch or rolled up and fastened with a convenient clasp. Our favourite design is the French-style Brunch (pictured), but the tote […]
It may be an email offering a tax refund – just hit this link – but it’s from “The ATO”, which is then defined as “The Australian Tax Organisation”. Or it’s a text from my Newcastle health insurer which for some reason now has an American zipcode in its address. Or there are three spelling […]
I’ve lived with this all-pervading cloud of death for most of my life, as cystic fibrosis slowly destroyed my lungs, robbing me of breath. The transplanted lungs – a selfless gift that brought me back from the brink eight years ago – are now under enormous threat. I feel the presence of that cloud now […]