When I started blogging back in 2014, I was living in a beautiful spot in the Adelaide foothills. The nine years I lived there was the longest I have ever lived in one house and I felt established, with a sense of place and belonging. It was a wrench leaving. Fast forward seven years and […]
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead unknown 2021 saw some pivotal changes for me and although I had been sharing plenty of family dramas and triumphs with you over the last few years, it is now time for me to press the reboot button. Waking the Wombat was born back in 2014: […]
Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the day my brother lost his fight with leukaemia; a day I have difficulty in remembering every year. My natural coping mechanism was to erase the date from my memory. I always know it’s August but can’t remember exactly when. But yesterday my parents sent me photographs and a […]
And so it came to pass that the little hairy-nosed wombat emerged from a deep, long slumber. She sleepily made her way to the mouth of the burrow and blinked in the bright summer sun; it’s been way too long she thought to herself – time to face the world. It really has been way […]
This week I received a WordPress Happy Anniversary notification that it is four years since I created Waking the Wombat. I thought it an appropriate moment to reflect on what I’ve achieved in those four years. I created WTW as an outlet for expression and a place to share my experiences of immigrating from the […]
I’ve been wondering for quite sometime (a few years in fact) as to why the younger generation don’t double space after ending a sentence with a full-stop while I do. I learnt to type at school back in the early ’80s. We used Olivetti typewriters and learned about home keys and carbon paper. Woe betide anyone […]
I’m trapped and there’s no escape. I am up high; the fifth floor I think and the windows don’t open. I can see the door but THEY would notice if I went for it. If I keep looking at him; he’ll think I’m paying attention. There are others – next to me and behind me. I […]
Yay! I’ve just reached a WordPress milestone – ONE HUNDRED POSTS! It’s taken awhile but I’m feeling pretty boosted by receiving a milestone badge so thank you WordPress and thank you all for still following the Wombat -we appreciate it. Talking of wombats, I just wanted to share Patrick with you – some of you […]
Today would have been my lovely Gran’s one hundred and fifth birthday and by way of rememberance, I’d like to share with you the poem I wrote just after she passed away in 2000. I’m not into poetry in any shape or form, in fact in English classes at school, it was my worst nightmare; […]
The weekend is well and truly over and so too the queue of scheduled posts; the pressure is on! Thought I’d share with you just how I’m feeling this week. For just under ten years I was employed by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA (RA&HS). Sounds mighty grand doesn’t it? I was […]
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