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My food obsession

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  • Posted on 10 May 2020
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I have been obsessed with food my whole life in one way or another. My obsession has run hot and hotter. There were times when I refused to eat, times…

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The Wog Myth(s)

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  • Posted on 19 June 2019
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Like so many children of migrants, I spent most of my life rejecting my heritage. I was embarrassed by the annual sauce and sausage-making days, and just wanted a burger…

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Around Town

Day 13 – October 13th 2018 – Jeff’s Birthday!

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  • Posted on 13 October 2018
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[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://jovraca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jeffs-bday_Medium.mp4"][/video] Inmate release day for Jeff's birthday. No words. Just pictures. Thanks to the breaker-outerers.  

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Depression

Day 6 – October 6 2018 *My First Weekend*

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  • Posted on 6 October 2018
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I've been thinking this morning about some of the group sessions, about values and goals. Values don't have steps or end dates - they might change over time but that's…

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bipolar

Day 5 – October 5 2018 with MUSIC and a Photo of Me

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  • Posted on 5 October 2018
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BP 100/80 Standing 110/80 Well, amazing what can happen in a few short minutes. This morning, I pulled down my holland blind; this is how I learn that they are…

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Around Town

Friday roundup

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  • Posted on 30 June 2017
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Even though I work on Saturdays, it still feels like Friday is the end of the week. I work in our shop for half a day with Jeff and it's…

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Family

Cooking for Two on Mothers Day (An Ode)

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  • Posted on 14 May 2017
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On Mothers Day, I'm reminded of my childlessness, that I've never carried any number of children, that I bled for 8 days every 21 days for almost 30 years for…

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Family

Arranged marriages and other musings about wedded bliss

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  • Posted on 24 August 2010
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The topic on Insight this week was Attraction. Lovely subject, attraction. I remember listening to Doctor Karl on Triple J years ago talking about pheromones and how The Pill messes…

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babies

A thing about families…

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  • Posted on 26 January 2009
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From The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/its-time-to-enlarge-our-closed-family-circles-20090104-79t2.html It’s time to enlarge our closed family circles Brigid Delaney January 5, 2009 - 1:20AM FORGET wide brown land, forget the drought — when I returned…

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babies

A thing about families…

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  • Posted on 26 January 2009
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From The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/its-time-to-enlarge-our-closed-family-circles-20090104-79t2.html It’s time to enlarge our closed family circles Brigid Delaney January 5, 2009 - 1:20AM FORGET wide brown land, forget the drought — when I returned…

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Hi, I’m Jo!

In an alternate universe, I was Doctor Phil or Martha Stewart. Or Monica Belluci. Or Hemingway. Or Kitty Von Krusher. In this universe I’m a writer, a business owner, a seeker, a pet wrangler, a wife, and a mother to the universe (in training).

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