How we relate to sex

Last night Derek and I headed to an event at the Emerging Writer’s Festival. The topic was ‘sex in literature’, which interested us for reasons that I’ll share down the track, however the actual event was titled ‘Dirty Words’ and...

The Rewards of Trust

If you’ve been following my blogs, you’ll be aware that Derek, my partner of 22 years, headed off to follow his dreams a few weeks ago. Last week my daughters and I travelled to NSW to visit him, expecting that we would then return to Melbourne and not see...

Amazing Synchronicity

Well, it’s happening! Derek, my life-partner of 22 years, headed off last weekend to follow his dreams, as described in my ‘Trusting Our Paths’ blog of a few weeks ago. So he’s now in northern NSW and I’m here in Melbourne with our kids,...

Looking for Mr Right?

Don’t Look for Mr Right, Or Give Up on Him – Create Him! I recently read an article in which the author, Lori Gottlieb, believes that many women are too fussy in their choice of a life partner. In her opinion, they should settle for Mr Good Enough rather than...

The Perfect Partner

The Perfect Partner – Perfect for What? A first-hand account of the retrieval of a drowning relationship. “Describe your perfect partner,” someone asks you. “Okay,” you say. “Tall, good-looking, riveting eyes, sex appeal, intelligent, sensitive, honest, good...