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MY PERFECT MAN

My Man in Melbourne

Som Chai meets my family & friends

I am so excited that Som Chai is now in Oz and has been granted a partner visa.

He's met my family and friends, and even come along to Uni with me.

It is wonderful having him here with me - no more lonely nights or awkward outings on my own!

I can throw my wish list in the fire now because he fulfils all my dreams. I am so proud of him - he is charismatic, generous and kind, and he is also Budhist and a meditator!

An Ode to a Human Painting Machine

I wondered whether there was a difference between art made by a human and art made by a machine? So I made a fan that painted, and I became a painting human fan.
Conclusion: there was no difference.

Ketubot/Marriage Contracts

Just an Ordinary Peasant is based on my uncle’s experience as an inmate at Treblinka extermination camp in 1944. His memoir recounts that while being forced to carry corpses from the gas chambers to an open-air pyre, he was handed a sack which held little children who were still alive. The guard commanded the sack be thrown into the fire. The woman I play in Just an Ordinary Peasant is a hybrid character created from the memoirs of my uncle, my parents and my own research. She sings and dances and also throws a sack of babies into the fire. This piece explores my own biases as well as questions the culpability of ‘ordinary people’ who were accomplices to the atrocities carried out during the Third Reich.

An Ode to a Human Painting Machine

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She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother

Mum decided to move into my home in 2017, a year after Dad passed away. She was in her early 90s with the first signs of dementia. Instead of feeling burdened, I saw this move as a gift — an opportunity to care for her and share these years together.

These posts capture that precious time: mum living in my ‘share home’ with family members, housemates and guests, supported, appreciated and surrounded by love. The stories also offer a glimpse into the daily joys and challenges of caring for a loved one.

'All about Marysia' also includes stories from her earlier life -- pre-war, the war, and post war years.

Today mum is over a century old.

No wonder there’s a mouse in the house

No wonder there’s a mouse in the house

No wonder there’s a mouse in the house

27.7.21 A cleaner came today from the agency, the first time since early March. I thought I better do some necessary tidying up before...

Jane

Aug 10, 20212 min read

It’s God’s Plan

It’s God’s Plan

It’s God’s Plan

31.7.21 It’s early morning about 5am. As usual, I’ve had a late night and only a few hours sleep.There’s rustling in the house and I...

Jane

Aug 10, 20212 min read

Where are the nappies?

Where are the nappies?

Where are the nappies?

28.11.20 I bring mum her breakfast. She doesn’t want to eat porridge anymore, so instead, I give her a toast with p-nut butter and jam...

Jane

Jul 18, 20211 min read

Dementia at the movies

Dementia at the movies

Dementia at the movies

13.6.21 Yasha suggested we all go see a movie as it had been awhile since we had all been out together. The only movie Gil and I were...

Jane

Jun 20, 20211 min read

A solution to 'not exploding'

A solution to 'not exploding'

A solution to 'not exploding'

Since my earlier post ' I exploded today. Poor mum ', I've been brainstorming solutions to help stop mum from taking her nappy off at...

Jane

Jun 10, 20211 min read

Who's wearing my clothes again?

Who's wearing my clothes again?

Who's wearing my clothes again?

12.5.2 Mum’s put herself to bed for an afternoon sleep. She’s been resting for a couple of hours and it’s time to get her up. I pull back...

Jane

Jun 5, 20211 min read

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