Obligatory Blog

FOR THE RECORD… I was a Vegetarian for 7 years. During this time, I noticed an interesting, if slightly irritating, phenomena. When certain people would discover my lifestyle of choice, they would leap to a, shall we say “offence as defence” strategy of listing all the reasons why eating meat was better for you and the many foibles of vegetarianism. I was at first, rather perplexed by this. Namely cos I could not have given a flying f whether they ate meat or not. Seriously.

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Image courtesy of strikeael This week’s interview comes from a series of conversations I conducted a few years back from a project about Mums rocking the world with kidlets, a book I very much hope will see the light of day when the time is right. But for now, I’m stoked to be sharing these nuggets of yumminess here at Club Comic Mummy. I just love this one – namely because it shows that grand creativity doesn’t necessarily need to be career related, but indeed, can infuse it

Hey guys! Well, I promised you some interviews with faboosh mummies who are chasing – and living – the creative dream, so what the heck? Don’t say I never come through for you! I’m kicking things off with an interview I did a little while back now, with the amazing woman, comedian and mother-of-five, Fiona O’Loughlin. This interview was originally for a book I was putting together on mums rocking the world, a project which I am very much hoping will still come to fruition whe

In response to my post: “How Limited Time Can Improve Your Productivity: Part II”, Comic Mummy reader Stacie posted the following comment: I am going to try and implement some of them and try and become more of a busy person! Agh! This freaked me out. Nothing personal, Stacie, purely my bad. But this is a good thing because it’s given me a chance to clarify something, something very, VERY important! I am absolutely, unequivocally, undoubtedly NOT – with a capital ‘not’ – sugg

Many years ago, I had the amazing privilege of meeting the now-late Colin Thiele. Author of Storm Boy amongst other classics of Australian literature, Colin was arguably one of the most productive writers Australia has ever brought forth, having written countless children’s books, poetry and more. The thing that impressed me about Colin – aside from his incredible humility, warm humour and way of putting you instantly at ease – was his unbelievable productivity. In tandem wit

The other morning I had the great fortune to stumble across an entire, glorious two hours between tours for kids to squander away at will. And so, I ventured forth on my own little date with myself. This is one of my FAVOURITE things to do in the world, namely because: a) I am free to do whatever the heck I like without considering anybody; and b) I am fabulous company. It’s funny, because while I am technically an extrovert, I’m absolutely not one of those people who finds b