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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.

Morning: Polish practice, wrestles & salutes

Morning: Polish practice, wrestles & salutes

Morning: Polish practice, wrestles & salutes

29.5.21 Mum and Gil have this quirky relationship of singing odd songs, conversing in a smattering of Polish words, and stomping and...

Jane

Jun 1, 20211 min read

Who do you love more?

Who do you love more?

Who do you love more?

8.5.21 We often have very cosy Friday night dinners, especially when it is just us - Yasha (Coby), Gil, Mum and I. It is the end of the...

Jane

May 31, 20211 min read

I exploded today. Poor mum

I exploded today. Poor mum

I exploded today. Poor mum

5.12.20 ... I’m scolding mum. She’s taken her nappies off for the third time today. Everything’s pished. I try to explain to her in a...

Jane

May 30, 20212 min read

Tom Days

Tom Days

Tom Days

20.5.21 Tom is 85 and a precious relic from the old world. He is down to earth and frugal, the simple things make him happy. Tall,...

Jane

May 30, 20212 min read

Another Mad Manic Night

Another Mad Manic Night

Another Mad Manic Night

19.4.21 It’s after 1am and mum is high as a kite again. I’ve really lost it this time. I feel I’m heading towards being arrested for...

Jane

Apr 19, 20213 min read

I lose my cool

I lose my cool

I lose my cool

2.4.2021 Here is a snippet from the few days when mum went manic. I kept taking her to rest in bed, but all she wanted to do was run...

Jane

Apr 2, 20211 min read

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