by Jackie Bailey | Feb 22, 2013 | Random insights
I have a new study. It is not large – but not that small either. For example, it fits me, my desk, and my books (my lovely, real paper books) neatly, and with room to swing around in my chair. I had hopes of a meditation corner, but that might become a...
by Jackie Bailey | Dec 11, 2012 | Random insights, Uncategorized
Last week, my husband and I attended a panel discussion at UTS entitled “The Future of Creativity.” It was hosted by the UTS Business School and brought together Sydney Theatre artistic directors Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett with Prof Roy Green from the...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 9, 2012 | Babies
I have had a few friends ask about sleep training and emailed them my notes. I thought I would post them here too, in case anyone else finds them useful. I got a lot of advice from friends myself, especially Kate Pounder, for which I am eternally grateful. Also, I...
by Jackie Bailey | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s not so much that Apple will fail as a company. I mean, they have a massive amount of cash and they will probably carry on as a strong player in technology. But when they lost Steve Jobs, the Apple products lost their heart. Here is the thing about consumer...
by Jackie Bailey | Oct 29, 2012 | Babies, motherhood
My arms and shoulders ache. I imagine it is from abandoning, deserting, throwing Moopet into the baby jail, behind the playpen bars of her new family day care place. Actually, my husband did the heavy lifting of Moopet into the playpen, as I have bronchitis –...
by Jackie Bailey | Oct 15, 2012 | Babies
It’s been about a million years (in baby time) since I last blogged. Bubba is now 13 months old, and such a different little proposition to how she began. I think I need to find another bloggy pseudonym for her, seeing as she is not going to be a bubba for much...
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 21, 2012 | Random insights, women who write
I am thinking about writing. I am thinking about what I can write, and how I can make that more a part of my future. I am thinking about honesty. Whenever I start a new writing project, I get a sudden rush of other, excellent ideas for other, excellent projects....
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 4, 2012 | Random insights, women who write
I keep waking up happy. It’s spooky. It’s as if someone has been doing a nightly operation on me, someone like Elijah Wood in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Instead of messing with my memories, my night gnome takes my DNA and examines the anxiety...
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 1, 2012 | women who write
It comes back to this, doesn’t it? It occurs to me that I am being paid to write what I want to, for the first time in my life. I have a PhD scholarship. They even gave me a bit extra, thanks to my university medal, garnered all those years ago. I still remember...
by Jackie Bailey | Jul 24, 2012 | Babies
We have cancelled bubba’s place in family day care. I will explain. My big caveat here for this post is that I absolutely do not want anyone to read this and feel that our decision is any sort of judgment on theirs to use childcare. At ALL. Just as with the...
