Tomorrow I fly home. To my other home, the one with red dirt and white sandy beaches, eroding limestone and turquoise sea. To my family, though two of our normal number are off on their own adventures into the world and the shape of things has changed since I left. I go home to the … Continue reading
This has been a difficult post to write. I’ve written no less than four drafts and scrapped them all and have decided to just write without thinking too much about it (Somewhere in Perth, my former English teachers jerk awake in a cold sweat). So without further ado, I’ve decided to move back to Perth. … Continue reading
I know I’ve been quiet around here lately and a lot of that is the fact that I am in a routine with work and life in general. Spring is on its way and the temperatures are slowly starting to rise. A week ago I went for a walk through the Formby pinewoods with my … Continue reading
Well I’m well and truly into the swing of things with work. I’ve taken on a bunch of extra shifts and it’s been great. The Walker’s new exhibition, Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion had its grand opening this past weekend and it was a huge success and totally hectic to say the least. The exhibition features works … Continue reading
January has come and gone in the blink of an eye. I’ve started my new job at the Walker and I’m really enjoying it. It is much slower paced than any job I’ve worked in before but it is still fascinating. Being constantly surrounded by incredible works of art by some of the worlds best … Continue reading
These past few weeks have been a whirlwind start to 2016… Continue reading
It’s the day after Boxing Day and I’m nestled under a rug in my room with my laptop warming my knees and a thick woollen cardigan keeping the chill away, I can’t complain too much. I got spoilt over Christmas with lots of beautiful gifts and Christmas Day was spent with lots of laughter and good … Continue reading
Things have been a little bit quieter this week. I feel a little less like I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and more like things are starting to slow down… Continue reading
I know that people move all the time, they move houses, suburbs, states and countries but I felt utterly unprepared for the emotional and physical exhaustion that came from leaving my home in Perth to find a new home in a small village north of Liverpool in the UK. The last week feels like a … Continue reading
The reason I am starting this is because in 2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days precisely I am leaving Perth, my home for over 20 years to go and live in just outside of Liverpool in the UK, where I was born… Continue reading
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