by Jackie Bailey | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am just watching the news in Australia with a tear in my eye…Australia has its first FEMALE PRIME MINISTER!!!! Hurrah! And she’s pretty fabulous to boot. I am not a little bit emotional about it. It makes a difference somehow to how I feel. When we got...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Julia for PM! A woman as our leader! And one I respect and admire. It’s all too much. I’m so excited. End of post. Have to go and be excited some more.
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 14, 2010 | Random insights
The time has come. I have to upgrade my computer. I love my iMac, and so do all the friends who, over the years, have come to coo over its white lines, its smooth, minimalist presence in my room a kind of elegance rather than functionality, with the knowledge that it...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 29, 2010 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Tomorrow is going to be the best day of the week. And if this was a good week or you, that could be really something. It’s not just going to be fantastic because it’s Friday (that may be part of it, but it is not the key factor). The real reason...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 28, 2010 | Random insights
What a month. And not just for me, but for a variety of friends of mine, near and far. It’s been a month of …what do I call it? Realisations? Taking a good look at ourselves? The hard, cold light of day? This month has been about being very grown up...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 8, 2010 | Random insights, women who write
I have been a little bit absent from the blogosphere, and that is because I have been rather busy, gnawing my leg off in anxiety, since I left my job. I like leaving jobs. I do it regularly. But I had been I this job for three years, and they were three good years....
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 22, 2010 | Random insights, women who write
I just read this article on the SMH. It’s not often that I get excited about an article on SMH (except maybe to cuss out their tabloidal focus, or their lack of research except for surfing the blogs and the wires). But this article about the...
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 11, 2010 | Random insights
Has anyone ever read their spam? I just checked through the spam messages for this blog, making sure that someone didn’t actually get filtered out merely because of a dodgy email address. Can I just say, spam has come a long way since the early days of emails...
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 9, 2010 | women who write
I’ve been reading Edith Wharton, and it’s rather depressing. Everything is rather something (or’uther). Not to be too flippant – I am sure the characters in Glimpses of the Moon really felt every bit as miserable and desperate as they...
by Jackie Bailey | Feb 9, 2010 | Everyone's daily horoscope
It’s a week for opening windows and letting the rain gust in. You’ll always have more towels; but how often do you get the chance to let pure, cool water from the air moisten your lips and curl your hair becomingly over a steaming cup of tea, brewed to...
