Dear Melbourne, It’s been a while. Sometimes it feels longer than a while, others it feels like yesterday. I live in a world of opposites to you and sometimes that leaves me feeling like the abyss between us grows with each day. When I wake up, you’re finishing your day. I sometimes wake up and wonder how that day was, the day that I’m just beginning. How was your day today? When summer rolls around and the city I now live in is heaving, I think of the crisp mornings where you are, the never-ending drizzle and the chill that…
Hello. I'm just another Melbourne girl living in New York . I'm a fan of the phonetic alphabet. Words like Lima make me happy. It also reminds me of a childhood spent watching English police dramas like The Bill. NYC… November Yankee Charlie…
From June, 2015
A Letter to My 16 Year Old Self
Hey there you, You look great. No, really, you do. Please stop thinking you don’t. I’m keeping this simple but I need you to listen very carefully and remember it all. I’m offering you the wisdom that 10 years will give you. A decade. Jesus. 1. YOU. LOOK. GREAT. 2. No, you don’t have love handles, those will come later and you will regret every moment you spent looking in a mirror at your flat stomach. 3. Sex will turn out not to be as big a deal as you thought it would be; but don’t underestimate the power of it.…