Charles Clifford Ashdown was highly successful in the automotive business, property investing, and adored his family but possibly his proudest achievement was…
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Mother's Day Love
It's a bit surreal when you see someone you know on television... weirder still when it's a family...
It's All Temporary
I first came across Mari Andrew's thought provoking (and kind of adorable) illustrations via one of my ...
Meeting Nigella
A year ago today I met the brilliant Nigella Lawson as she was...
Three Wise Women The Cookbook - Launch (Bonus: Christmas Menu)
My first book Three Wise Women was officially launched Thursday. And wow! What a thrill. What a whirlwind of richly...
Gilmore Girls: My Cooking Companions
I'm feeling a little emotional. I finally finished the 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' after painstakingly rationing it out all week [I promise...
Christmas Gifts 101
I've been reading Joanna Goddard's honest, funny, quirky and helpful...
Emigrating at 95
My Granny has emigrated to Australia, from the UK, at 95 years of age! Last month she packed her whole life up into half a...
The Perfect Pie
Every year about a week before the fourth Thursday of November I'm filled with regret. Regret I have let another year pass without...
Digital Holiday Underway
I've taken inspiration from Cherry Bombe Magazine co-founder Kerry Diamond and am posting to let you know I'm taking a brief ...
Best of Branding
The more I look at branding ideas, the more the looks of the 40s and 50s stands out to me. Have our modern...
An Ode to Good Signage
I made an impromptu trip to Inala last week, a suburb about 25 minutes drive west of where I live. Unfortunately it's got a bad name...
Jim Lahey's Bread
Apparently the world has known about this wonderful, no-knead bread recipe for about a thousand years. Where have I been? My discovery came ...
4 Wines Worth Drinking
Before this weekend I would have said my husband, Pete, and I were probably not the most spontaneous people - but on Thursday we made a snap decision...
Martha Stewart's Surprising Regret
This week's Radio Cherry Bombe is probably the best yet. It's a recording of Cherry Bombe cofounder Kerry Diamond's chat with Martha ...
A Chat with Hugh Jackman
Watch this. Moving stuff, right? Aside from the interviewee being interesting because he's Hugh Jackman (!), what he says is so intriguing...
4 Tips for Down Days
It's raining and an all 'round icky day in Brisbane - great for writing the book and cooking in the test kitchen - but not great for general life and ...
Weekend Walkabout
It's Friday and I'm feeling a little like this doll after a busy week... I'm not sure if she's tired or relieved either way I ...
Eat Like the French Do
I was lucky enough to nab a university exchange to France for a semester towards the end of my Bachelor of Journalism. It was a pivotal moment ...
Secrets to Ageing Well: Part 1
Okay so the title is misleading, as I'm in my twenties and therefore not an authority on ageing, (but I am eager to live the best life ...