Author Archives: Clare Reilly

For the last, well ever really, I have used my phone and social media as a numbing tool. I always claimed, ‘I don’t have an addictive personality’, I’m just using social media for ‘work’’, ‘I’ve got a community on there.’ And these things are true, in part. I mean as we all know, and allContinue reading “Numbing”

Each year for our wedding anniversary we like to celebrate in style and enjoy a multi-course dinner. For our first anniversary we went to Loam, our second we ate at Brae, for our third we went to Oakdene Estate, we celebrated at Little Green Corner for our forth, our fifth anniversary we enjoyed a meal at IGNI, we actually didn’tContinue reading “Lunch at Merne – 9th wedding anniversary”

Late last week I woke early one morning and after a study session I went back to our room to say good morning to Jay. I could sense something was off, so I poked and prodded and eventually found that the abundance of ripe nectarines on our tree was stressing him out. ‘There’s so muchContinue reading “An Abundance of Nectarines”

Welcome to my kitchen. As everyone is thinking and feeling, can you believe it’s 2021! Another year has passed us by and what a year it was. I hope you have had a relaxing and stress free festive season and that you have many wonderful things to look forward to this year. I love doingContinue reading “In My Kitchen January 2021”

It’s Christmas Eve and as I write this my Christmas pudding is boiling away. It’s wrapped in calico and resting on an upturned saucer in a pot of water. As it boils the bubbles cause the plate to go ‘plop, plop, plop’. The familiar sound of Christmas Eve, that lasts for three hours. It’s myContinue reading “Christmas Pudding”

It was my birthday during isolation 2.0 this year, like many people. I had been trying to live more lightly, and add a little joy into my life. I was chatting with my sister when I decided to do something that felt so ridiculous and extravagant to me. I decided to make myself a cake.Continue reading “My 35th Birthday Cake”

In todays episode we chat with Emma Giunti, Mum of two young girls, yogi and passionate MS ambassador who is ready to kiss goodbye to MS. Emma was diagnosed 10 years ago and hasn’t let her diagnosis get in her way. Links mentioned in the podcast: Find Emma on Instagram – 31 Red Days GarthContinue reading “MS Understood Ep 2: Emma Giunti”

You know those perfect days, weekends of just normal, wonderful life? Well last weekend was one of those. The days flew by far too quickly, but if every day could be like these few days then I’d be a very happy woman. The had marshmallows, nibble platters, friends drop by, lazy mornings in bed withContinue reading “A really lovely weekend in photos”

Elliot’s lunch box broke, on the second last day of term. We got him a lunch box from Stuck on You in 2017, it had his name printed on it and it was great for occasional care and kinder, and then the first 6 months of school. But last week the hinges broke. and theContinue reading “Make do and mend, or buy smart.”

There’s been a lot of learning moments this year. The biggest one by far has been the movement around Black Lives Matter. It has become very apparent to me that I’m completely uneducated when it comes to our Indigenous Australians. And so, I’m learning, reading, watching and listening to everything I can. I came acrossContinue reading “Educating Myself”

When Jay and I met, one of our first conversations was about how much I liked a good discussion. A conversation that you could really get passionate about. I wanted to talk about how the world worked, and politics and why we should save old growth forests. I wanted to learn from every conversation. OverContinue reading “Reflex”