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What I learnt about making new friends in my 50s

It happened to me: I’ve become a dog person

Toxic positivity: The business of happiness

Short story: Nights with men

Should I stay or should I go: The eventual upside of divorce

About Town: Waimārama

A beauty contest: 1985 – creative non-fiction essay – Dominion Post/Stuff

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Bare Island – a short story – Turbine, VUW 2020

Remembering and Forgetting – Spinoff – an essay for Mum

Yeah Mum I know: talking to teens about sex

Let’s raise a toast to technology: Your Weekend/Stuff

Make an effort for Mum tomorrow – Your Weekend/Stuff

My thoughts on Valentine’s Day – Your Weekend/Stuff

Are we losing the art of conversation – Your Weekend/Stuff

Gen Vers guilty of spoiling their kids – Your Weekend/Stuff

Turning 50 – Stuff/Your Weekend

The cruel disease that has taken my young mother’s mind – Stuff

Mother’s Day: A letter to my dying mum – Stuff

The highs and lows of a high-school reunion – Stuff

Checking out a university – for my daughter – Stuff

A one week roadie to the Far North reveals beauty previously unwitnessed – Stuff

Blended: Inside the tricky dynamics of the stepfamily unit – Stuff

I’m a dance mum… but thank goodness I’m not a horse mum – Stuff

Generation X: The pressures women face – Stuff

I tried to live plastic free for a week and it’s impossible – Stuff

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