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Hard Amazing Things: Reflections from a single parent during Lockdown 2.0

Jessica Baxter — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 19:00:20 +0000

This lockdown got me good. I wrote about resilience during the last lockdown in the ACT, and my experience then (and that, I’m sure, of many others) certainly had me...

What I learned from living in a country town

Jessica Baxter — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:10:35 +0000

My love affair with Bungendore runs deep. It was a relatively brief entanglement by local standards and took me completely by surprise, but the effect it had on my heart...

I never thought I’d fall in love with Bungendore. Until I did.

Jessica Baxter — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:13:03 +0000

New York is my favourite overseas city. Hands down. There’s something about the energy there that makes everything seem so exciting and cool, yet familiar and comforting. If you’ve ever...

How to split the invisible load in your household for good

Jessica Baxter — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:20:40 +0000

When my daughter was about 12 months old, our family was invited to a colleague’s house for dinner. It would be early, as they also had young children, but was...

The Only Way Is Through: Building resilience in a global pandemic

Jessica Baxter — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:30:49 +0000

“I did not sign up for this!” I am 40 years old, but on that Thursday somewhere around the middle of March, I called my Mum and blurted out these...