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A four letter word that’s not rude but has a huge capacity to inflict pain

I read somewhere the other day, but forget where and I’m going to blame that on ‘covid brain’ because the article did mention that it can affect your memory and ability to recall words, recent memories and prevent distracting yourself from….where was I? Ah yes, anxiety. The article mentioned that…

Family

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A four letter word that’s not rude but has a huge capacity to inflict pain
A four letter word that’s not rude but has a huge capacity to inflict pain

4 days ago

A moment that changed me — I will never be the parent she wants me to be

My stomach was still churning uncomfortably, reminding me of the childhood feeling of long drives in the family car, holding an empty plastic ice-cream bucket on my lap and readying myself for the inevitable vomiting that would happen as we wound our way through the Adelaide Hills. The feeling has…

Parenthood

4 min read

A moment that changed me — I will never be the parent she wants me to be
A moment that changed me — I will never be the parent she wants me to be

Jan 11

Tennis isn’t everything

The sorry saga of World Number One (yes, it is standard to write each word in capitals in the world of men’s professional tennis) Novak Djokovic firstly being given entry to the Australian Open tournament and then denied by Border Control has been widely discussed around the world. Days later…

Australia

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Tennis isn’t everything
Tennis isn’t everything

Aug 4, 2021

Four important words

It has been eight years since my older brother and his wife sent me an email saying that they ‘disapproved of ninety nine percent of my decisions,’ did not like me as a person, were removing me from their ‘friends/family list’ and, most importantly, would ‘no longer associate with Locketts.’ …

Family

3 min read


Apr 1, 2021

Melancholic Mustard

This past weekend, we took the Friday off to try and see a different set of four walls and to walk a different set of streets. We are currently in our third iteration of the Covid-19 lockdown in France and working from home with the supermarket 400 metres up the…

Depression

12 min read

Melancholic Mustard
Melancholic Mustard

Mar 24, 2021

A family secret revealed fifty years later

My mother made it clear in so many ways that she loved her children, but she could also be rather blunt. “All three of you were funny looking babies,” she said, one Christmas, when we’d all eaten our fill and encouraging Dad to get the ‘best of’ family slides out. …

Slide Nights

7 min read

A family secret revealed fifty years later
A family secret revealed fifty years later

Mar 21, 2021

How to prepare for Purgatory

I am agnostic, which in truth means that I’m not crazy about organized religion or the belief that if you pray, god will answer your prayers. I found this out when, at age six, I came home from Sunday School and thought I would give it a try. Being reasonably…

Purgatory

7 min read

How to prepare for Purgatory
How to prepare for Purgatory

Mar 18, 2021

Whaddaya Reckon?

Whaddaya Reckon? I’ve been ten years out of Australia now and realise that the word ‘reckon’ is the one that confuses most other non-antipodean English speakers. It just means ‘think’ or ‘consider’ in a more casual sense but instead of saying, “I think we should have chicken for dinner tonight,”…

You Tube

4 min read


Mar 15, 2021

Free Show

It’s taken me a few weeks to recover and, my husband Dean dryly tells me, for the gathered crowds out in the street below to wane, so it seems far enough away in modern history to share with you. Of course Covid-19 plays a key role in this situation. We…

Embarrassing

5 min read

Free Show
Free Show

Mar 12, 2021

Just give it away, tightwad

Living in Geneva and the areas immediately surrounding it is breathtakingly expensive. The expats obviously help drive up the rents and the irony is that most UN workers would struggle to pay those rents if their salaries weren’t propped up by an added ‘because it’s Geneva’ allowances that takes the…

Geneva Expats

11 min read

Just give it away, tightwad
Just give it away, tightwad
Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett

Aussie in France, still trying to work out what to do when she grows up

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