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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.

Marysia’s Majątek

Marysia’s Majątek

Marysia’s Majątek

When lockdown began in March 2020, I decided to take mum to her little hut in the forest. She calls the hut her ‘majątek’ or ‘treasure.’...

Jane

May 1, 20203 min read

I am not your Mummy

I am not your Mummy

I am not your Mummy

15.2.20. Mum is in her room. I give her hot tea and her tablets and show her the sign that today is Monday. What’s going on today? ...

Jane

Feb 15, 20201 min read

I Love You and Thank You

I Love You and Thank You

I Love You and Thank You

27.11.19 It’s midnight and I go into her room to check if she’s sleeping. Her eyes open as I enter. I was hoping she'd be asleep because...

Jane

Nov 27, 20191 min read

Coby & Mum

Coby & Mum

Coby & Mum

4.8.19. This house is a funny old house. I haven’t spoken much about our household. You know mum lives here with me. But there are...

Jane

Aug 4, 20191 min read

A story about patience and time

A story about patience and time

A story about patience and time

29.7.19. It’s evening again. Mum took herself to bed wearing all her clothes. I wake her up a couple of hours later to go pish, wash...

Jane

Jul 29, 20193 min read

I snap

28.7.19. OMG it’s getting hard. I find I have little patience at midnight when mum gets her second wind. I am too tired to instruct her...

Jane

Jul 28, 20191 min read

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