Confessions of a Free Range Prolapsed Catholic

Easter has come and gone and the world has not yet collapsed into nuclear warfare. As I write this triple L and youngest offspring are propping their eyelids open to watch the end of a double episode of the Amazing Race and it is 12.04 am! It’s funny how this house seems to gave a […]

Night meanderings strike again and I am in  the usual position – propped  up, legs in the air, flat on my back- accompanied by the “andante” ostinato of the sleeping pooch, pondering the journey so far! My surgeon is a genius! The choice to take him on was highly influenced by Judy who suggested I […]

Some days are diamonds, some days are pretty shithouse! Praise be to God for pain killers that can only be purchased in lots of 20! Praise be to God for medication that restores bowel movements after painkillers that can only be bought in lots of 20 even if drinking it tastes like the smell of […]

Today I attended the funeral of a good man. It has prompted this brief digression from my new knee saga! on Holy Saturday night in 2015 The Knights played St George and I went to church in Moree! The image is what I captured when I sneaked a picture of the Paschal Fire. I saw […]

About twice a week we get a delivery of catelogues. I don’t mind them really. Often times they provide much more interesting information than the daily delivery of the newspaper used to! I grew up in a journalist family. As a Catholic this always made ” media Sunday” a bit of a challenge. My Dad […]

11.54pm and I have just got into bed! Triple L is snuggled under the covers on his side of the bed, the dog’s rhythmic snores will soon become, I hope the obstinato accompaniment to my lapsing into refreshing sleep – as much as is possible with the wedge under my bum, legs elevated and feet […]

4.13 am! Been for my third walk around the house courtesy of the newly awakened muscles etc that surround the new knees and have developed a penchant for twitching, flexing, “guess who’s back” wake up calls post PHYSIOTHERAPY!!!!  Endone eventually belts them into submission but it’s a battle which often ends with Long Lean and […]

Oh dear! I have been away journeying through the highs and lows of bilateral knee replacement. Five and a bit weeks later I am slowly starting to emerge from what has been an experience that is beyond description really! Dear reader, I am typing this on my iPad at 1.05am, lying in bed beside my […]

Going International In 1987 I took my first ever long service leave. I had managed to accrue ten weeks leave on full pay. I was proud of this achievement and thrilled that it coincided with a time in my life when I really needed it. “Oh she went to Rome, Paris, London, Monte Carlo” I […]

I have been having a middle aged – oh blow it I’ll tell the truth from the beginning – late in life love affair with Melbourne for the last few years. On one trip, some years ago I purchased a book by a well known female author cashing in on the stereotypes of: being a woman (so […]