We have another milestone birthday coming up this week when the ‘baby’ who stands at 6’5” finally comes of age. We have a tradition. I pick something out of my jewellery box, something meaningful to…
Author: Melinda Charlesworth
For What It’s Worth – I Write Therefore I Am
This weekend is the biggest on the calendar here in Bendigo. Easter is even more special than usual this year as the new Imperial Dragon (Dai Gum Loong) will write history with his first appearance…
Coming Home – To Labels
I was so spoiled for my birthday this year. It came with one of those labels – a ‘milestone’ – and despite my protestations that we didn’t need to have big celebrations it still turned…
Coming Home – To Piles Of Diaries
Confession. I have a passion for reading other people’s diaries. Virginia Woolf. Oliver Sacks. Helen Garner. I collect them. I devour them and then I find myself reading them over and over again, taking different…