I should be reading, but I’m in that uncomfortable place where I’ve finished a wonderful book and I’m wanting to sit with it for a bit....

It is 1 June, the first day of winter. It is 20 degrees celsius in the north of New Zealand and people are swimming in the ocean.We are...

When I am approaching surgery I contemplate my mortality and often think about people I have lost touch with. I ask myself the question:...

As you probably know I love a good story and the best books and stories usually involve a hero's journey. What the heck are you on about...

I try not to be overly political because I do not want to alienate people and I was brought up to believe it is not a subject that polite...

I have a group of girlfriends called "The Coven". The Coven (& Associates) was established in 2001. What began as a derogatory nickname...

I mentioned in a recent blog post that I had only come to realise late last year that I had spent most of 2023 grieving. I still am. I...

Today I start with the song Grace Kelly by Mika. It is a song about self acceptance and has a pretty cool story behind it. Mika had lots...

In the last 5 weeks I have seen my plastic surgeon, my oncologist, my breast surgeon, my breast radiologist and my dermatologist. My...

I would never die for my beliefs. I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell I went to the optometrist last week where I learnt my eyes are not...

It is raining again. 2023 has been the year it rained. In the circle of life, rain is needed to make things grow. When going through hard...

Something really lovely has happened and I think it is worth sharing. In this busy world, where it isn't always easy to make connections,...

I love refined sugar, dessert and chocolate. Since I was diagnosed with cancer and finishing chemotherapy I have gone for it. Tiramisu...

Who remembers the paparazzi photos of Taylor Swift's Fourth of July celebrations? A bevy of models frolicked in the ocean with Taylor and...

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn, When beauty liv'd and died as flowers do now, Before the bastard signs of fair were borne, Or...

I am now 10 weeks post DIEP flap reconstruction surgery and I feel great! I do have a torso that resembles the Bride of Frankenstein, but...

Today is International Nurses Day and I am in hospital, post breast reconstruction surgery. The hospital has put on a food truck for the...

Cancer was not my first brush with death. I was very lucky to survive child birth. I had a birth injury caused by my blood flow being...

I mistrust people who don't like animals. As a general rule I prefer animals to people, particularly cats, dogs and horses. I am quite...

I could read when I started school. This came as a bit of a surprise to the adults in my life. My parents did not know that I had quietly...