Jenny Wynter - Comedian, Writer, Keynote Speaker

Obligatory Blog

My very occasionally updated thoughts that need to be expressed, and don't belong elsewhere.

Sep 30, 2022

Won't You Come Home?

My daughter has known forever how much Bill Bailey means to me comedically, but she’d up 'til now avoided watching him; something about “mum’s a boomer with no idea about actual entertainment.”* *I’m paraphrasing. She’d never use ‘actual’. Anyway with a stroke of luck she finally made it and I could see my stocks shooting up with every laugh he got out of her. She loved it. After the show as we made our way backstage to see the man himself she whispered to me “I get why you l

Nov 29, 2012

Your Stories Wanted! (Or: “Be Part of The Wonderland!”)

So as you may have heard, I’m putting together my new show about all things awesomely ridiculous and ridiculously awesome and I would love, love, love YOUR story to be a part of it! During each and every show I will be reading out a letter from somebody – YOU?! – sharing a story about something fabulous, wonderful and/or awe-inspiring that has happened in your lifetime. It can be about a place, a person, an act of random kindness, it can be hilarious, it can be heartbreaking.

Sep 20, 2012

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Life you crazy minx. There’s SO much I want to do, that’s part of the problem, knowing how to not get distracted by the next shiny thing that passes through my sight and stay on path to the big picture long-term things I REALLY wanna do. You? #inspiration #life #thoughts

Jul 18, 2012

Quote of the Week

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. Yiddish Proverb. #dreams #inspiration #quotes

Jul 10, 2012

5 Rocking Resources On Getting Stuff Done (Especially Cool If You’re Into Writing)

One massive thing I haven’t even told you about yet is that I have been working my BUTTOCKS off – all seven of them – lately on re-writing my entire book proposal. Do you remember I told you yonks and yonks ago about the book I was writing about mothers pursuing big dreams, etc? (You can read one of the interviews from it here if you’re so inclined!) Well, that’s the one I’m on about. The whole premise has had a pretty major re-work, I’m stunningly happy with how it’s heading

Jun 11, 2012

My New Office Space: A Triumph of the Human Spirit!

Cassidy has discovered his inner Lawrence Olivier this week. This is his Oscar-contending performance of “Puppy.” We’ve been in home-making overdrive here at CM headquarters this weekend. Ella de-weeded almost the entire garden and learned to whipper-snip! Caleb and my hubby made a book-case: out of Caleb’s old bed! Cassidy cheered helpfully from the sidelines (code for “wanted to do everything himself”) but took satisfaction in his new “art corner”. But what I want to share

Jun 5, 2012

2012 Goals: A Mid-Year Review

Spotted in New Farm. I am a sucker for a giveaway and anything that’s just a little bit purty. I am overwhelmed by spam. Not the “SPAM SPAM” type of spam that can suck you in with its pseudo-friendly “Hey! Jenny! Remember me?”, a subject which possesses such confidence that you give the unfamiliar sender’s name “Rick Aston? Hmmm, sounds familiar. Maybe I do know Rick Aston!” the benefit of the doubt and click on their email, only to be bashed over the head with “$2.99 VIAGRA

May 30, 2012

Finding Clarity Through Crisis (or “The Lump in my Breast and My Throat.”)

Found on Facebook. Original source unknown. Yesterday starts out like any other. I drop the kids at school, drop Cass to daycare, I kiss them all goodbye. I manage to sneak in a quiet coffee and to-do list session before taking a seat in the doctor’s office to get my latest test results. Nothing too serious, nothing too surprising, just the usual pesky thyroid issues and a bit of low iron. All good. Then, just as we are wrapping things up, I say “Oh, it’s probably nothing, b

May 1, 2012

Realise Your Dream Applications Open (Or “On Being The Best”)

British-ish teapot spotted this week. Whenever there’s a call out for applications for amazing opportunities my insides kinda digest themselves in a fit of excitement. Most of which I never actually apply for (time, money, realistic thoughts of the logistical nightmare of sorting out family arrangements) but the simple prospect of possibility gets my blood pumping in a way I rather enjoy. Anyhoo, I tell you all this because the British Council’s Realise Your Dream Awards are

Nov 18, 2011

The Musical Equivalent of a Writers’ Group

My sister Ang is a musician (an AMAZING singer) and as of the past couple of years, a fellow mama. These days we make an effort to hang out at least once a week with our little bubs in tow, hers being a little more little than mine. This week, however, we did something we should have done eons ago. Upon spying a library book hanging out at my piano – as our household library books tend to do, for some reason – called “1000 Songwriting Ideas”, Ang picked it up and started read

Jun 10, 2011

The Road Less Travelled: Will the Money Follow?

A study into business school graduates tracked the careers of 1500 people from 1960-1980. The graduates were grouped into two categories: Category A: students who wanted to make lots of money first, so they could do what they really wanted to do. 83% (1245) of the students fell into this category. Category B: Students who wanted to pursue their passions immediately, sure the money would eventually follow. Only 17% of students (255) were risk takers. Can you guess what happene

Jan 25, 2011

If Success Falls in a Forest…

John Keats as portrayed in "Bright Star" I finally got around to watching “Bright Star” this week and it got me thinking – I mean, aside from the tragedy of a great love cut short – about the nature of success. What really hit me – especially after getting my John Keats-google on (and if you’ve perchance stumbled on here by googling that phrase then hello and I can’t quite decide if I love you or loathe you) – was the revelation that John Keats met his death believing himself

Oct 10, 2010

Chalkboard Goodness of the Week

Not sure which of the little muppets smudged it. But you know, I think it's kinda actually perfect! This is a new installment both here on the blog and here in our home. I got the idea from the ever-fabulous Kindness Girl (if you haven’t already discovered her beyond-gorgeous blog, then you are missing out!) and quickly found a chalkboard decal, stuck it outside our bedroom door and SHAZAM! Magic. Already I have wild visions of updating it with fresh quips, quotes and other i

Oct 1, 2010

This woman is AMAZING.

I just have to share the most amazing woman’s blog I’ve come across. A mother of nine (NINE! KAPOW!), humanitarian and activist who…and this is the clincher for me…totally walks the walk. Her blog is called "An Ordinary Life" but what she inspires is anything but ordinary. Sadly I see I’ve found her site just as she’s given up blogging for the interim, but no matter. There seems to be plenty already there for me to trawl through in the meantime. Honestly, I was so moved after

Sep 8, 2010

Links of the Week!

1. Wow. If you have a spare 5 minutes then firstly, how amazing are YOU! And secondly, you should really check out this very cool interactive film, The Wilderness Downtown by Arcade Fire. 2. This book looks pretty damn cool. 3. Got an idea but not sure where to go from there? Check out this cool site – Plan Big. 4. One of my new fave blogs at the mo – The Artful Life. 5. This post on regrets of the dying, is pretty stirring when it comes to how we spend our lives. Happy Hump

Sep 3, 2010

On healthy detachment from dreams

I had a lot of lovely comments and emails in response to last week’s post: “Your dreams: what if you knew you’d never get there?” One was from a rather wonderful woman I had the very good luck to meet in Canada at the Banff World TV Fest – we hit it off straight away and have managed to stay connected since. She even took me on a little behind-the-glossy-awesomeness-of-Vancouver tour when we were in town. Anyway, I love what she wrote so wanted to share it here. Thanks Mona!!

Aug 4, 2010

What next?

#inspiration #laotzu #philosophy #quotes

Jul 7, 2010

5 Things Making Me Smile Right Now

1. Denise Daffara‘s beautiful work. I really do dig her stuff, and check this one out, this is her just MUCKING AROUND, PEOPLE!!! Ooh la la, la la, la la! 2. The ridiculous feeling of superiority I swallowed yesterday, upon not falling for a second – not a second, I tell you! – for that whole “hey, today’s the day that Doc set the Delorian for, in “Back to the Future!” No, no, no! Obsessed geekburger Dedicated fan that I am… This is heavy! 3. Crossing things off my to-do list

Jul 6, 2010

Wild Expectations: Writing and Living the Bucket List

“Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.” Ralph Charell. I had some terribly wild expectations of this crazy little life. To win an Oscar by 18. To marry Johnny Depp by 23. To be loved by everybody in the entire universe. You know, realistic. But then there are the expectations – or as I’d rather put it, the hopes – that I have that are indeed wild, but are actually within the realm of possibility. Like livin

Jun 25, 2010

How Limited Time Can IMPROVE Your Productivity Part II

“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” Lucille Ball I’ve always loved this quote, but only just this morning discovered that the voice behind it was: a) a woman; b) a mother; and c) a woman and mother in COMEDY! I can practically feel the fairy-dust a-spilling! (Do be careful not to trip, won’t you? I don’t have insurance on this blog.) But now that I think about it, it seems perfectly natural that Lucille – a mother (unarguably a synonym for “busy person”

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