Since I was younger, I have been obsessed with dollhouses. Not the dolls themselves, but their homes. It gave me great joy to design each room, maintaining their houses and rebuilding parts when necessary. That obsession quickly spiralled into a dream. When I was older, my house was going to be the best (and weirdest) …
The brilliance of the Yellow World is a stark contrast to the serene blue hues Elara is accustomed to. Its landscape echoes Australia’s outback with vast golden sand dunes and sunlit fields, every element bathed in a radiant, sunlit glow. The world’s heart is its force, and she knows securing the Yellow Heart is paramount. …
People don’t realise that being a landlord is tricky. They think all it involves is simply purchasing a heap of properties and rolling in the cash. Boy are they wrong! I’ve been a landlord for the last two decades and one thing I’ve seen is that it’s less about bringing in the cash and more …
I’ll never say it to his face, but my boyfriend is a horrible driver. He regularly makes fun of me for my driving ability, but I think it’s a bit rich considering he’s the one who is an absolute menace on the road. It’s not even that he does anything dangerous, it’s just that he’s …
My grandmother is ninety-three years old, and she’s still one of the strongest and most active people I know. She loves going for daily walks down her main shopping strip and greeting all the store clerks. Since grandpa, her husband of seventy years, passed away she must feel an element of loneliness. When he was …
I’ve decided to start a support group for people who are destined to go blind, going blind or are blind, just like me. I know just how bad things seem at the time of the first diagnosis, and I know how hard it can be to come to terms with all the changes that are …
One thing my dad told me when I first started driving was to keep an ear out for any strange noises or irregularities in my car. This can include the car making strange rumbling noises, any stalling, change in the ease of braking, or general discomfort when driving. Usually, when there is a change it …
I got my first tattoo when I was twenty-one. I’m now fifty-one years old and most of my body is absolutely covered. I have various styles of tattoos from geometrical, to traditional, to black and white, to neo-traditional. The one kind of tattoo I vowed to never get was a portrait tattoo. I feel this …
I am so frustrated with my parents. For some reason, our shower caved in and we now have a gaping hole in the floor where the tiles used to be. You can literally see the dirt on the ground below the house, that’s how bad it is. Hearing this I’m sure you’d think that this …
I’ve got some serious trust issues and I’m afraid it dips into all areas of my life. I think it might be something that stems from my dad abandoning us as kids? My friends have asked me what I’d do if he appeared in my life again, I think I’d have to ignore him. I …