In the life story of the champion thoroughbred we bear witness to a tale of astonishing sporting prowess, and big money, with something of The Handmaid’s Tale thrown into the mix too.
These men and women – who’ve had the courage and focus and grit to live a richly creative life – are still creating, well into their eighties.
The grim fact: the new me feels like failure. I hate the flicker of judgment on the faces of people not seen for a while, that cannot be hidden; that look of, ‘Gosh, she’s let herself go’.
Women of a certain age have been conditioned to expect that men are clueless about the magic button. Read this ladies, then show it to your underperforming partner. Thank me later in the comments.
For a few bucks a week, we regular mortals could be helping struggling sports in dire financial need and contributing to the lift of the entire nation. And not just in the sporting arena.
We do childhood differently now. Screen bowed, turned away too much from the natural world. Which is why I felt relief when my littlest took up a new hobby.
The US Vice-President is a lightning rod for female rage and by voting for her women in America can finally vent.
The distressing powerlessness of Bianca Censori.
This little supermarket doesn’t have a fancy cheese section or a bottle shop attached, but it has everything I need – a worker whose infectious joy exalts.
This story of the bra that changed lives made me cry.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/nikki-gemmell