Sometimes the only way to see properly is with some gratitude, says Tanya Meeson Woman&Home SA, July 2021 Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen starts not with friends Kay and Gerda, but with a wicked goblin. The story goes that the evil goblin created a mirror that distorted everything reflected in it; what was goodContinue reading "A note on thanks"
Gossip, girl
Sharing is caring and Tanya Meeson is done feeling bad about it Woman&Home SA, June 2021 It’s late-night Twitter and I see my sister chatting to a guy I’m uneasy about. I shoot off a text: ‘Just watch out for that one. Got called out on Twitter about a year ago for being a creeper.’Continue reading "Gossip, girl"
Do The Hygge Hustle
Winter prep should get the same kind of PR spring cleaning does, says Tanya Meeson Woman&Home SA, May 2021 Sweating in a makeshift Hazmat suit of old clothes and swimming goggles, Doom in one hand, vacuum cleaner in the other, wasn’t what I’d wanted to be doing on a sweltering Saturday morning. But there IContinue reading "Do The Hygge Hustle"
Group hug
We’ve been in lockdown for a year now. More than enough time for Tanya Meeson to become a people person Woman&Home SA, April 2021 There’s a scene in Love Actually that really struck me this year, just punched me right in the gut even after all this time. It’s a scene I never paid attentionContinue reading "Group hug"
This is a little first post
It's been a very long time since I last blogged. Almost a year now. (And I'll probably write this one in fits and starts ... my blogging muscles are weak and undefined in this new not-Dorothy Black space) I used to enjoy amusing myself with the Dorothy Black posts, but for the bulk of thatContinue reading "This is a little first post"