Shelf life
“EXCUSE me, I’m researching a new novel and am wondering if the library has any books on [a spreading blush] … sex.”
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ARE you spending less? I am, and it feels like a lot of people around me are, too.
The solace of solitude
THE most experienced party-goers, like Vogue editor Anna Wintour, know there are better ways to spend one’s time.
First among equals
WERE you your parents’ favoured child? The least? Is there a rueful melancholy even thinking about that?
Wishes for my godchild
SO. A godmother again. What a thrill! All the lovely connotations, not least the deepening of the relationship with the parents in a most profound and trusting way.
Advance, Australians
THE dream of glorious otherness. It’s what inspires so many Aussie expats to stride hungrily into the world.
Tips for the time-poor
THERE’S no shame in being domestically disastrous.
Body blows of love
THE request is modest: a Mother’s Day sleep party. “Can I come too?” bouncy little Ollie asks.
The house that roared
THE space is anointed by a golden light in this, the witching hour, but it’s the curtain around it that’s wondrous.
Doing it for ourselves
MORE sex!” The request, courtesy of an avid 80-year-old reader who feels this column’s been extremely tardy in that department of late.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/nikki-gemmell/page/49