Category: my journal

A check-up in time

Mallala plant operator Robert Angus had no idea he was a dead man walking around with chronic heart disease until he made a snap decision to visit the doctor on his day off. It was the Monday before the Australia Day holiday in January and he had been a tad too puffed walking over the […]

Wednesday June 30th, 2010 in my journal | 2 Comments »

A mothering milestone

Do we ever stop being mothers? Are we ever free of the “motherhood’’ tag to finally stop fretting about our adult children? If there is such a moment, it must be now that my son, my youngest child, Tyson turned 30, a milestone we celebrated with a fabulous, noisy party for family and friends last […]

Wednesday June 16th, 2010 in my journal | 2 Comments »

The grandchildren as guests

THE GOOD GRANDMA: Ours is a house of bliss right now as we host grand-children from either end of the age spectrum. Oldest grandson Andre, a solidly built 27-year-old fine arts student from Charles Darwin University has flown in from Darwin to transfer to UniSA with his Korean girlfriend, Saelim in tow. They are lively […]

Friday June 4th, 2010 in my journal | No Comments »

No Buts, Butt out

My esteemed colleague, Peter Goers’ article today (Sunday, May 30) needs to be addressed and to set the scene here are some vital statistics to mull over on World No Tobacco Day – May 31. The average Australian male can expect to live to 79 years old ; Women in Australia on average will reach […]

Sunday May 30th, 2010 in my journal | 1 Comment »

My night of dreams

MAY 15. Tonight I hurl myself into cyberspace with the launching of my website www.nadinewilliams.com.au and I feel like I am soaring high on a kite and who knows where I will land. It’s an exhilarating ride, but I am also incredibly scared of what I may have unleashed here. I am like a kindergarten […]

Sunday May 23rd, 2010 in my journal | No Comments »

Feeling high over film option

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010. It is  Saturday morning I rise early and I prepare my home for a Red Letter Day – the signing of the film options papers for my debut book From France With Love.  I notice the dead gladioli in a vase and whip them out into the rubbish. “We need new flowers for today; […]

Sunday May 9th, 2010 in my journal | 5 Comments »