The Australian Women's Weekly New Zealand Edition April 2022

PG 103 Dark chocolate croissant pudding The Australian Women’s Weekly 101

the Test Kitchen For a smooth textured filling, have the cream cheese and other ingredients at room temperature before you start to mix. Stand cream cheese, unwrapped, for 1 hour at room temperature. Alternatively, to soften, chop cream cheese coarsely and microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 30 seconds. Take care not to overcook a baked cheesecake as it will alter the smooth, creamy texture. Remember, it will become firmer when refrigerated. Baked cheesecakes should be cooled slowly – turn off the oven after it’s cooked then prop the oven door slightly open using a wooden spoon. This will help prevent cracking. To slice a cheesecake neatly, dip the knife into hot water and wipe the blade between each cut. White chocolate and pistachio cheesecake 102 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Decadent desserts White chocolate & Golden swirl meringues Dark chocolate pistachio cheesecake with chocolate drizzle croissant pudding SERVES 10 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR MAKES 10 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR SERVES 10 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES (+ REFRIGERATION TIME) (+ COOLING TIME) 10 MINUTES (+ STANDING TIME) 250g gingernut biscuits 6 egg whites 1⁄3 cup (50g) raisins 1½ cups (330g) raw caster sugar ¼ cup (60ml) Grand Marnier 80g butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste 12 mini (240g) croissants 2 teaspoon white vinegar 50g butter, softened ¼ cup (35g) pistachios, coarsely chopped 50g dark chocolate, melted 150g dark chocolate, chopped coarsely CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE 3 eggs plus extra for serving ⅔ cup (160ml) pouring cream 2 egg yolks 150g dark chocolate, chopped finely 1⁄3 cup (75g) caster sugar ¼ cup (60ml) cream 3 cups (750ml) milk 1 Preheat oven to150°C (130°C fan- 300ml pouring cream 100g white chocolate, chopped finely forced) grease and line two baking trays. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 Whisk the egg whites in a clean, dry 1 teaspoon orange rind 250g cream cheese, softened bowl of an electric mixer until soft ice-cream, for serving peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, ½ cup (110g) caster sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture 1 Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C is thick and glossy. Add the vanilla fan-forced). Grease a shallow 2.5 litre 1 cup (250g) sour cream bean paste and vinegar and beat until (10-cup) ovenproof dish or skillet. just combined. 2 Place raisins and Grand Marnier 3 eggs, beaten lightly 3 Using a large metal spoon, drop in a small bowl; microwave on spoonfuls of the meringue on to the HIGH for 30 seconds; stand for 1 tablespoon cornflour lined trays. Use the back of a dessert 10 minutes or until the raisins have spoon to swirl the top of the meringue. absorbed most of the liqueur. 300g blueberries Repeat with remaining mixture to make 3 Cut a split in each croissant and 10 meringues. tuck a piece of chocolate inside. 300g blackberries 4 To make chocolate swirl meringues, Arrange croissants in dish. Sprinkle spoon a teaspoon of the melted over remaining chocolate and 1 Undo the clasp of a 24cm springform chocolate in a circular pattern on the raisin mixture. pan and release the base from the side. the top of meringues then swirl with 4 Whisk eggs, yolks, sugar, milk, Turn the base upside down, return the a skewer. cream, vanilla and rind in a large side of the pan to the base and use the 5 Bake the meringues for about 45 jug; pour over croissants. Stand for clasp to secure in place. Grease and line minutes or until dry and crisp. Turn 10 minutes or until milk mixture the base and side with baking paper. oven off and cool in the oven with the has soaked into the croissants. 2 Process the biscuits until mixture door ajar. Dot the top with softened butter. resembles fine breadcrumbs. Transfer 6 CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE Add cream to 5 Bake pudding for about 50 minutes to a medium bowl; stir in butter and a small saucepan and heat until just or until just set. Stand 15 minutes pistachios. Press biscuit mixture evenly below boiling. Remove from heat and before serving. Serve with ice-cream, over base of the prepared pan. add chocolate, stand for 5 minutes if desired. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes or without stirring. Stir until smooth. Not suitable to freeze. until firm. Not suitable to freeze. 3 Preheat oven to 150°C (130°C Test Kitchen fan-forced). Place cream and chocolate Test Kitchen in a small heavy-based saucepan; stir Pudding will still be quite soft in over a low heat until smooth. Cool for Serve meringues topped with the centre after baking but will 5 minutes. whipped cream and seasonal continue to set while cooling. 4 Beat cream cheese and caster sugar in You can also use hot cross buns a medium bowl with an electric mixer fruit as an alternative to a until just smooth. Add the sour cream, large pavlova. in place of croissants. beat until combined. Gradually beat in the eggs until just combined; fold in the white chocolate mixture and sift over the cornflour. 5 Place the pan on an oven tray; pour cheesecake mixture into tin. Bake 45 minutes or until just set. Cool in oven with door ajar. Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. 6 Decorate cheesecake with blueberries and blackberries and sprinkle with extra pistachios. Undecorated cheesecake suitable to freeze. The Australian Women’s Weekly 103



Cross purposes Good Friday eating It just wouldn’t be Easter without the gorgeous aroma of spices and freshly baked buns filling the hub of your home. Traditional hot cross buns MAKES 16 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES (+ STANDING + COOLING) 4 teaspoons (14g) dried yeast 1 Combine yeast, sugar and milk in a theTest ¼ cup (55g) caster sugar small bowl. Cover; stand in a warm place Kitchen 1½ cups (375ml) warm milk for 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy. 4 cups (600g) plain flour 2 Sift flour and spices into a large bowl; Homemade hot cross buns 2 teaspoons mixed spice rub in butter. Stir in yeast mixture, egg have a stronger flavour than 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and sultanas; mix to a soft sticky dough. commercially made ones and 60g butter Cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm won’t keep for more than a day 1 egg place for 45 minutes or until dough has or so. They start appearing in 1½ cups (240g) sultanas doubled in size. supermarkets many weeks FLOUR PASTE 3 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan- (and sometimes months) before ½ cup (75g) plain flour forced). Grease a 23cm square cake pan. Easter; that’s because they have 2 teaspoons caster sugar 4 Turn dough onto floured surface; preservatives added. To save GLAZE knead for 5 minutes or until smooth. time on Good Friday, make hot 2 tablespoon caster sugar Divide dough into 16 portions; roll each cross buns the day before – put 1 teaspoon gelatine portion into a ball. Place balls in pan; the shaped buns in the pan, cover with oiled plastic wrap. Stand in then cover them loosely with PHOTOCHEF NADIA FONOFF. a warm place for 20 minutes or until oiled plastic wrap. Place them buns have risen to the top of pan. in the fridge overnight. They will 5 FLOUR PASTE Combine flour and prove in the fridge. All you have sugar in a small bowl. Gradually stir in to do the next day is make the approximately ¹/₃ cup (80ml) water, until flour paste and glaze, then a smooth firm paste forms. Pour paste bake the buns. in a piping bag fitted with small plain tube; pipe crosses on buns. Hot cross buns are best eaten 6 Bake buns for 20 minutes or until they fresh on the day of serving or sound hollow when tapped. Turn buns, toasted on the following days. top-side up, onto a wire rack. 7 GLAZE Stir sugar and gelatine with 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan over low heat, without boiling, until sugar and gelatine are dissolved. Brush hot glaze on hot buns. Cool on wire rack. Suitable to freeze. The Australian Women’s Weekly 105



HATCHED CHICK BIKKIES PHOTOGRAPHY ROB SHAW. PG 109 Little chicken cakes The Australian Women’s Weekly 107

Bales Family fun of hay the Test Kitchen This recipe makes eight hay bales; we’ve used three in our picture, but you can add the extra to the cake board. 108 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Bales of hay Little chicken cakes Hatched chick bikkies MAKES 8 PREP + COOK TIME 2½ HOURS MAKES 6 PREP TIME 30 MINUTES MAKES 30 PREP TIME 1 HOUR (+ DRYING While it is cute, it’s best to serve ½ x 453g tub vanilla frosting TIME) this to older children as the small yellow food colouring noodles can be a choking hazard 6 mini doughnuts 2 egg whites for younger children. 6 cinnamon doughnuts 4 cups pure icing sugar, sifted DECORATIONS few drops yellow and blue food 3 x 440g packets butter cake mix 1 cup (70g) moist coconut flakes colouring 12 blue mini M&Ms 200g packet milk arrowroot biscuits BUTTER CREAM 6 mini white marshmallows, halved 2-3 tablespoons strained lemon juice black decorating gel 30 mini marshmallows 250g unsalted butter, softened 12 orange mini M&Ms black writing icing, for eyes 1 red frog, for beaks 3 cups (480g) icing sugar mixture 1 Tint frosting with yellow mini chocolate eggs, for decorating colouring. Tint coconut yellow. ⅓ cup (80ml) milk 2 Spread frosting over mini 1 In a large bowl, whisk the egg doughnuts; roll in coconut to whites until frothy. Gradually add yellow food colouring coat. Stand the doughnuts in the the icing sugar, stirring between centre of the cinnamon each addition, until a smooth DECORATIONS doughnuts. paste forms. 3 Position the blue M&Ms 2 Split icing into two bowls. Tint 16 x 25g packets ready-to-eat noodles on marshmallow halves with a half icing yellow and other half little frosting; pipe black dots for pale blue. 4 red sour straps pupils with decorating gel, secure 3 Spoon one-third yellow icing into on coconut for eyes. Position the a piping bag fitted with a small toy chickens orange M&Ms to form beaks. plain nozzle. Pipe halfway around Not suitable to freeze. the border of each biscuit, then 1 Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C across centre in a zig-zag pattern. fan-forced). Grease a 22cm deep square Using a small Dry for 15 minutes. Repeat with cake pan; line base and sides with serrated knife, blue icing for other side of each baking paper, extending paper 5cm cut ‘V’-shaped biscuit. Dry for 15 minutes. above sides. indents into the 4 Thin remaining yellow icing with 2 Make cakes according to packet middle of each half lemon juice. Spoon into a directions. Spread mixture into the piece of cake. piping bag with a larger plain pan; bake for about 1½ hours. Stand nozzle. Fill in outlined yellow cake in pan for 15 minutes before shapes by flooding with icing turning, top-side up, onto a wire rack to (reserve about 1 tablespoon). cool. Repeat with remaining blue icing. 3 Level cake top; cut cake into eight Set aside for 3 hours or overnight, 5cm x 10cm rectangles. Using a small until firm. serrated knife, cut ‘V’-shaped indents 5 Using scissors, cut mini into the middle of each cake piece. marshmallows into thirds. Press 4 BUTTER CREAM Beat butter in a onto tops of biscuit to make small bowl with an electric mixer until feathers. Use black writing icing to as white as possible. Gradually beat in draw on eyes. Cut small pieces of half the sifted icing sugar, milk, then red frog to make beaks and secure remaining icing sugar. Tint butter with dots of reserved icing. cream pale yellow. SERVING SUGGESTION Present 5 Spread Butter Cream all over decorated biscuits in egg cartons cakes. with mini chocolate eggs. 6 Break noodles into pieces; roll Not suitable to freeze. cakes firmly in broken noodles until covered all over. Cut each The Australian Women’s Weekly 109 sour strap lengthways into four long thin strips. Using picture as a guide, trim and position 2 red straps around each hay bale. Stack hay bales, side-by-side, on cake board (see Test Kitchen tip, opposite page); secure with a little Butter Cream. Decorate with toy chickens. Uniced cakes suitable to freeze.

Kiwi classic PHOTOGRAHY BY CON POULOS. STYLING BY MICHELE CRANSTON. PHOTOCHEF: CAITLYN MCGRATH. They’re a time-honoured tradition, and whether you like them crunchy or chewy (we’ve got a recipe for both), our Anzac-inspired recipes hit the spot.

Chewy 125g butter, chopped Anzac 2 tablespoons golden syrup or treacle biscuits ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 tablespoons boiling water MAKES ABOUT 24 PREP + 1 cup (90g) rolled oats COOK TIME 40 MINUTES 1 cup (150g) plain flour 1 cup (220g) firmly packed brown sugar Dark chocolate I cup (80g) shredded coconut & ginger ¼ cup (20g) desiccated coconut Mix in 100g thinly sliced crystallised 1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C ginger. Melt 200g of chopped dark fan-forced). Grease two large oven trays; line with baking paper. chocolate with 20g copha in a 2 Stir butter and syrup in a medium heatproof bowl over simmering water saucepan over low heat until smooth. Stir in combined soda and the water, until smooth. Dip biscuits in cooled then remaining ingredients. melted chocolate mixture. 3 Roll level tablespoons of mixture into Refrigerate until set. balls; place 5cm apart on prepared trays, then flatten slightly. 4 Bake for 12 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool biscuits on trays. Unbaked and baked biscuits suitable to freeze. White chocolate Macadamia & almond Mix in 100g Mix in 50g lightly toasted coarsely chopped flaked almonds and macadamias 150g coarsely chopped white chocolate The Australian Women’s Weekly 111

Kiwi classic Crunchy Anzac biscuits MAKES ABOUT 22 PREP & COOK TIME 45 MINUTES Anzac slab 1 cup (90g) rolled oats 1 Preheat oven to 160° (140°C fan-forced). Grease two Press Crunchy Anzac ½ cup (40g) desiccated coconut large oven trays; line with baking paper. biscuit mixture onto a ½ cup (40g) shredded coconut 2 Combine rolled oats, both coconuts, flour and sugar in large oven tray lined 1 cup (150g) plain flour a medium bowl. ¾ cup (165g) caster sugar 3 Stir butter and syrup in a medium saucepan over low heat with baking paper 125g butter, melted until smooth. Stir in combined soda and the water. until approximately 1 tablespoon golden syrup 4 Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls; place 5mm. Smooth with 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 5cm apart on lined trays, then flatten slightly. the back of a spoon ¼ cup (60ml) boiling water 5 Bake for 22 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool biscuits on trays. or palette knife. Suitable to freeze Bake for about 30 minutes or until rich golden brown. Cut into pieces while still warm. 112 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Kingston- Anzac crumble style Anzacs with a twist 6 medium granny smith apples, peeled, cored, sliced Bake smaller biscuits ⅓ cup caster sugar (2 teaspoons of 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped 1 teaspoon cinnamon mixture) and when ½ quantity Crunchy Anzac biscuit mixture completely cold 1 Combine apples, sugar, vanilla seeds sandwich 2 biscuits and pod, the cinnamon and 2 tablespoons together with 1 of water into a medium saucepan. Cook, covered loosely over medium heat, teaspoon of Nutella. stirring occasionally, for about 15 Refrigerate until set. minutes or until apples are tender. 2 Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Spoon the apple mixture into a 1 litre (4-cup) skillet or ovenproof dish. Crumble over the Anzac biscuit mixture. Place the skillet onto an oven tray. Bake for 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Suitable to freeze. the Test Kitchen Ice-cream sandwiches To create perfectly round biscuits, while the biscuits are hot, use a cookie cutter 1cm larger Sandwich scoops than the size of the biscuits and swirl to neaten of vanilla bean and even the edges. ice-cream between Spray your measuring spoon with a little 2 biscuits. cooking oil spray before scooping up the golden syrup; this will help prevent the syrup sticking to Freeze overnight the spoon. Make sure you use rolled oats rather or until very firm. than quick-cooking oats as they will produce a Serve drizzled with different result. golden syrup. Biscuits should develop a crust, but still feel slightly soft to the touch when you remove them Upgrade from the oven. They will firm up as they cool. to a If you bake two or more trays at once, swap the decadent trays around mid-way through baking and dessert rotate them as well, to help with even browning. The Australian Women’s Weekly 113 STORAGE Store biscuits in an airtight container. They must be completely cold before storing or they will soften in the container. If biscuits soften after a few days, place on an oven tray and refresh in a 160°C oven for 10 minutes.

Family fun Easter craft ideas Get set for family celebrations and loads of fun with easy to make pompoms, tablescape decorations and craft the kids will adore. FELT BUNNIES pg 117 114 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Floral fortune eggs Inspired by fortune cookie messages, these eggs are a great Easter gift idea. Gently wash and dry some white eggs. Remove the contents (keep for cooking) by making a very small hole in the top and a slightly bigger hole in the bottom of each egg with a needle or skewer. Blow the contents out of the bigger hole into a bowl, then rinse the whole egg under a tap, blowing out any more contents. Leave to dry completely. Take a floral paper napkin and separate out the layers. Using the patterned layer, cut out the flower details and place to one side. Using a small brush and decoupage glue, delicately attach the cut flowers to the eggs – avoid using too much glue as the paper will wrinkle. Continue to build up the floral patterns, then leave to dry. Write or type messages on paper, cut into strips and curl up tightly using a skewer to create the shape. Push the message into the larger hole in each egg – don’t push it all the way in or the egg will have to be broken to extract the message.

Family fun Felt chicks You’ll need: Felt, pinking shears, scissors, pins, toy stuffing, sewing machine, black cotton How to make: 1. Using the template (opposite page, below), cut out two felt bodies using pinking shears, and two wings and one beak with regular scissors. Position the wings in-between the two body pieces and pin in place. Sew around the outer edge leaving a small gap at the bottom. 2. Place a little toy stuffing inside the chick, then sew up the bottom edge. Sew on some eyes using black cotton, then sew or stick on a little beak. 3. Cut out two shells using regular scissors. Sew around the bottom edge, then cut the top with a pair of pinking shears so you have a cracked-egg look. Pop your chick inside.

Felt bunnies Butterfly tattoo eggs You’ll need: Temporary tattoos are a great way to Scissors, felt, sewing machine, pins, add instant decoration to eggs and are toy stuffing, glue available in many designs – including these beautiful butterflies. Begin by washing and How to make: blowing the eggs as detailed in Floral fortune eggs (previous page). Taking an 1. Using the template (above), cut individual tattoo, remove the top protective out one whole bunny (without legs) sheet and place face down on the surface and two half bunnies (with legs) from of an egg. With a wet cloth, press and apply the felt. even pressure to thoroughly soak the tattoo. 2. Place the half bunnies together Leave for around 60 seconds, then slide off and sew along the front edge. Make the paper backing sheet and allow to dry. sure the seam is neat by trimming any wonky lines with sharp scissors. Decorative bunting Place the sewn bunny on top of the whole bunny, seam side up, and pin Making your own bunting is easy and in place. allows you to tailor your design to fit your 3. Sew all the way around, leaving party theme. To start, draw a long pointed the bottom open. Pad out with toy triangle on a piece of card and cut out to stuffing, then sew along the bottom form a template. Then cut triangles from edge, leaving the feet sticking out at pretty decorative papers and use double- the bottom. Cut out a small heart and sided sticking tape to secure to a length of glue in place on the front. ribbon. Just hang up to finish! FELT CHICK The Australian Women’s Weekly 117 T E M P L AT E

Family fun FUTURE PUBLISHING LIMITED. GETTY IMAGES. UNSPLASHED. Punch-hole streamers These make wonderful scene- setters for hanging along a path to greet visitors or in spots around the garden. Cut down old plastic drink bottles (to about 20cm in length) and punch holes in the top for hanging with invisible thread. Using double-sided tape, cover with punched craft paper that extends 1cm beyond the edge of the bottle at both ends. To finish, attach party streamers (about 80cm long), which will billow out like tails in the wind. Tissue pompoms These cheerful decorations, which look as gorgeous swaying in the garden from branches as they do suspended over your kitchen island, are made by concertina-folding tissue paper. Start by stacking 10 tissue paper sheets and then making 3.5cm folds through all layers. Tie around the centre to secure and attach a 2m length of invisible thread for hanging once your pompom is complete. Using a sharp pair of scissors, cut a pointed or round shape at each end (cutting through all layers). Now for the fun part – carefully tease out the layers to form neat, even spheres. Make in single colours, or mix together different shades in plain and patterned designs. Hang them up using lengths of invisible thread. 118 The Australian Women’s Weekly



Domestic bliss Vintage style hHsowommeeeet Wendy’s For years now, our interiors trends have been dominated by white, white and more white, Texture is a great way to instantly but for most of us, white just doesn’t work make a home feel welcoming. If in our everyday lives. Not only is it hard to you have a large open-plan space, keep clean, but too much white can also position highly textured pieces make a room feel stark and empty – and starting from the furthest point the reality is that our lives are filled with colour. from the entry to the room. The texture can come from a fabric A beautiful home evolves in many ways, with occasional chair, a patterned or collected, inherited and found pieces coming together thick rug, or even just cushions and to tell the stories of our lives, making our homes throws on the far end of your sofa. feel unique – and every great story comes with It’s a message to guests that this is many layers. a place to relax and an invitation to feel the pieces you’ve collected. It’s this need for our homes to reflect our lives and loves that’s driving a new trend that celebrates the 120 The Australian Women’s Weekly colours and details of generations before us. To my absolute joy, I’m finally seeing a wholesale move away from white, a return to soft, liveable colours, and even a resurgence of florals and chintz, reminiscent of our parents’ (or even grandparents’) homes. The trick is to start with a colour scheme that ties at least three colours together. Gone is the old mandate of 70 percent one colour and 30 per cent split between two accents. This look is dominated by an entire scheme of colours, with patterns and texture bringing the accents. The colours dominating are pastel shades of pink, green, yellow and – wait for it – the return of purple! AWW

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday If you read just one book this year make sure it’s Lessons in Chemistry. Clever, hilarious, thought- provoking, uplifting … I could go on. Although set in the 1960s, protagonist Elizabeth Zott is a woman for our times who challenges the status quo with the sort of resolve we all wish we had. We first meet her as a reluctant TV star, hosting hit cooking show Supper at Six in which she presents the nightly meal prep as a chemistry lesson. Water is H2O, salt – sodium chloride … for Elizabeth’s passion isn’t cooking, she’s a scientist. The story of how she landed in this seemingly unsuitable job unfolds at a dazzling pace and is served up with a delicious side-order of kick-arse feminism. Without giving too much away, Elizabeth’s upbringing Aboutwas tough and her potentially brilliant academic career the author GREAT READ REVIEW BY JULIET RIEDEN. REVIEWS BY KATIE EKBERG AND JULIET RIEDEN. scuppered by sexual abuse. ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ ROWLAND/THE ILLUSTRATION ROOM. AUTHOR PHOTO: SERENA BOLTON. Then she falls hard for super geek Calvin Evans. He’s a London-based Bonnie Zott’s age,” says Bonnie Garmus. “I wanted to salute that genius scientist and rowing Garmus was raised in generation of overlooked housewives. Women spent their fanatic who has escaped his Riverside, California. “My days cleaning, cooking, ironing, mowing the lawn – doing own dark childhood. As their parents were by-products everything for everyone, and yet this work was completely souls entwine Calvin and of the Depression, so dismissed. Now I realise so many of them had huge talents Elizabeth look destined to set practicality and frugality and dreams of their own.” the science world on fire with were important themes, as their dog “Six-Thirty” by their was reading,” she tells The “My mom had been a nurse, which she’d had to give up sides. (This cheeky hound Weekly. Bonnie worked as with four daughters. I used to ask her if she’d wanted to be a copywriter and wrote a doctor and she’d get a little mad and point out that nursing was an incredibly honourable and difficult talks to the reader – trust me, novels in her spare time, profession. Then she’d add that she also wasn’t ‘smart enough’ to be a doctor. This used to worry me because my it works!) never believing she could mom was the smartest woman I knew.” But when Calvin dies in a make “an actual living at As the plot swirls to its fabulous denouement you’ll find freak accident, Elizabeth is left it”. So, at the age of 64, yourself jolting between tears and cheers. “Lessons in grief-stricken and pregnant in Bonnie screamed when Chemistry is about finding the courage to follow our true an era when children out of 16 publishers bid for natures rather than accepting the roles and limitations wedlock and single mums are Lessons in Chemistry, imposed by society. But it also emphasises the peril of frowned upon. as did her family. “I was underestimating people – and animals – while exploring absolutely shocked. It still the deeper meaning of family,” explains Bonnie. “I purposely set the book in doesn’t seem possible.” the ’60s because that’s when The book is also being my mother was Elizabeth made into a TV series. 122 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Truth & LIES Storytime The Stars are Global Bio-fiction Literary Not Yet Bells by tale salon Hannah Lillith Assadi, Hachette Chai Time at The Language The Paris Cinnamon Gardens of Food by Bookseller by In 1941 newlyweds by Shankari Annabel Abbs, Kerri Maher, Elle and Simon, and Chandran, Ultimo Simon & Schuster Elle’s ‘cousin’ (former Hachette boyfriend) Gabriel move to Lyra, population 400, off the coast of Georgia. Arabian jasmine grows Eliza Acton’s poetry Based on the life of US Her Russian mother dead, her bankrupt “obediently” at the book sold out, but bookseller Sylvia Beach. father struck up a deal with wealthy jewel Cinnamon Gardens publisher Longman’s At 15 she moved to miner Simon, who was hiding his nursing home, where in Victorian London Paris, where her father homosexuality. “Well, are you interested residents remember admonishes “poetry ran a church. Fluent in in this business of courtship?” Simon wilder fragrance from is not the business French, her renowned asked beautiful Elle. She does not look home. Maya has been of a lady”. She feels “I Shakespeare and him in the face, but straight at the owner for 40 years; we am 36 and nothing”. Company bookshop at diamond ring. It’s 1998. Gabriel drowned. meet her with caftan Impoverished, Ann Kirby 12 rue de L’Odéon, which Elle now has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t pockets stuffed with cares for her mother and opened in 1919, was a recognise her children. “The past is all biscuits. Maya and her limbless soldier father. magnet for expatriate shuttered,” but Gabriel is still vivid in her husband strive to save She tries roping her writers – Ernest dreams. Hours after accepting Simon’s cultural customs – Polish mother to stop her Hemingway, James wedding proposal “... my legs wrapped babka at Easter, a linen wandering naked, but Joyce – who relied on around Gabriel, as he cycled me away cupboard converted to the vicar says he must Sylvia to recommend from all the inevitabilities.” Triumphant. a Hindu shrine. Greek send Ma to an asylum. English language titles. welder Mr Petsas, 88, Ann feels “utterly alone”. “The ruling class in the Thriller migrated at 17. “For Elegant prose meets US wanted to outlaw decades he worked wholesome country anything that offended Run Rose Run on Sydney bridges, cooking when the vicar its sense of decorum.” by Dolly Parton canisters of liquid fire finds Ann a position in Joyce’s banned Ulysses and James strapped to his back ... a Eliza’s boarding house. was published by Patterson, Century harness tethering him to Based on the true story Paris-Shakespeare in a platform.” His back is a of Britain’s first female 1922. Being invited to While a novel scarred map of migrant cookery book writer, the salon of Gertrude co-authored by graft. But racial hatred Acton. “Why not arrange Stein was “like being country music queen is threatening the calm ingredients in a list?” called to tea by Marie Dolly Parton and the world’s best-selling of this wonderful place. Brilliant. And give Antoinette,” she notes. author, James Patterson, may sound Wise and dignified. cooking times! Sparkling, vital, overdue. bizarre, there’s a lot to love here. Firstly, there’s an album too, original songs written, produced and sung by Dolly about the characters. Secondly, the plot of Run Rose Run is dripping in authentic Dolly about a young AnnieLee Keyes who begins the novel broke and on the run with just her songs to support herself. On stage in the seedy Cat’s Paw she sings her heart out … and we’re off. Evidently Patterson and Parton worked hand in glove over the twists and turns of the thriller which are a little far-fetched at times – though I suspect the hard crafting was pure Patterson. A lot of fun. The Australian Women’s Weekly 123

Turning the page You too can write a novel Want to write a book? It’s not as hard as it sounds. Start with this 10-step plan from bestselling author Graeme Simsion. Atthe age of 50 Intimidating. But if you break it into get finished. But if you do one thing at a I decided I wanted chunks of 250 words, and write one time – it suddenly becomes a lot easier. to be a writer. every day, you’ll be looking at a I hadn’t written completed draft in less than a year. Here’s how a word of fiction you can do it … since high school, Problem is, those 250 words can be but a couple of years after making the tough going if you’re trying to come 1. Premise. This is what your decision, I had a draft of the story that up with plot, develop characters, would become The Rosie Project, and invent location … all in beautiful novel or memoir is about: ‘A socially three years after that a publication sentences and all at the same time. challenged professor sets out to contract. I’m now a full-time writer Yet that’s exactly what the popular find the perfect wife’ or ‘My life as a with half a dozen bestsellers and three advice to ‘just write’ tells you to peregrine falcon trainer’. Your premise books in development as movies. do. In my experience, it’s the most is the foundation for all the work common reason that novels don’t When I began the journey, I knew embarrassingly little about writing. But I had two lessons from my previous life that turned out to be as valuable as anything I’ve learned since. The first was this: when you’re tackling a big or complex task – earning a qualification, organising a wedding, cooking for a dinner party – break it into stages and focus on one at a time. An average-length novel is around 80,000 words. Big. 124 The Australian Women’s Weekly

you’re about to do, and the motivation they use to get DNA from people?’ you’re writing happening on a movie screen, without voiceover, for readers to pick up your book. Take and ‘How can I show their relationship you’re probably showing. So, dialogue and action are ‘showing’. Descriptions time to make it as strong as you can. progressing?’ If you’re writing a and inner thoughts are ‘telling’. More show, less tell. I draw on real life, with a dose of ‘what memoir, put some blank cards in 9. Rewriting. Good writing, they if?’: What if my wife’s ex-boyfriend your bag, and every time you think say, is rewriting. I rewrote The Rosie who came to visit had still been in of an incident or just something you Project at least 70 times, but I was learning. These days, it’s more like love with her? Combining two different want to say … get it down. Aim for 10. When you’ve stopped finding things to fix, seek feedback from a ideas can give you something original. about 180 cards. At two a day, that’s few trusted friends or writing group members. And ask them to mark any The Rosie Project brought together three months. passages that they feel like skipping. Doesn’t matter how good the prose the idea of a scientist looking for is if nobody reads it. a partner and a woman searching 5. Organising the story. Put 10. Working with your editor. for her biological father through your cards in the best order to tell If you can afford to, I’d recommend sending your manuscript to a surreptitious DNA testing. the story. Fix the gaps, duplicates professional before you submit it to a publisher or agent. Keep in mind: and inconsistencies. You’ll lose some editors are not your enemy, standing between your work of genius and 2. Plot outline. List the big cards: 120 is a good number to end publication. They want a great book too. They are good at spotting moments in the story – where important up with. Enjoy seeing your story take problems, not so good at solutions. This goes for your early readers too. changes happen and momentous shape in front of you. And keep Believe them when they say there’s a problem, but it’s your job to fix it. decisions are made: Don decides to creating: it’s easier to make changes You’re the writer. seek the perfect wife; Don meets now than when you’ve written Did I forget something? The second lesson from my previous life was Rosie; Rosie asks Don to help search thousands of words. knowing what it took to become good at something, be it work, sport or a for her father … In a memoir, your hobby. You likely know that too: study, practice, feedback. That’s what you’ll challenge is what to include and 6. Reviewing the outline. need to do if you want to write the best book you’re capable of. It’ll take hard what to leave out – and what you From the cards, write an outline of graft, courage and a willingness to persevere. There will be rewards along can remember! the story, adding new ideas as you go. the way: perhaps a short story published, a short-listing for a prize, new friends. Unlike those who write by the seat But I suspect you’ll find that the greatest will be the joy of writing. 3. Character profiles. You may of their pants, you’re getting several Good luck. AWW already have the central characters in shots at the story before you start The Novel Project: A mind, especially for a memoir. Flesh drafting. Then, with the outline in Step-by-Step Guide to your Novel, Memoir or them out. I focus on the “With the front of you, tell the Biography by Graeme most important players: outline in story to a friend. Simsion, Text Publishing, what they want and the Take notes when is on sale now. most important decisions you or they have they make. As with plot, front of ideas. Buy them I draw on real life but you, tell the a drink or make combine different them a cheesecake people and add a dose story to a afterwards. of imagination; enough to ensure none of my friend.Then 7. First draft friends recognise buy them (process). themselves. a drink.” At last! You’re 4. Brainstorming writing, reaping the benefit of all that the story. – Graeme Simsion preparation. Each day, read enough Screenwriters often use index cards (125 x of the outline to 75mm from the office supplies shop) cover the amount you hope to write when they’re planning a story, and so – typically one to four beats. Take a should you. Starting with your outline, walk and think about it. Now, write. DARREN JAMES. GETTY IMAGES. your job is to come up with story Do your best, but don’t let the quest moments (beats) – one per card, in for perfection stop you getting it no particular order. You can think down. You can fix it later. of your story as having three acts: set-up, complications and resolution, 8. First draft (tips) Every writer with complications accounting for has their ‘Ten Rules of Writing’, but about half of the cards. In The Rosie there’s one that’s universal: show, Project, I was asking: ‘What tricks can don’t tell. If you can imagine what The Australian Women’s Weekly 125

Scenes from a marriage You can marry into them, but can you ever really be one of them? Jump into the world of the chaotic, messy Schnabels in this funny, smart and heartwarming novel. WORDS by TONI JORDAN

Exclusive fiction extract GETTY IMAGES. A  t firstglance, goal. If he did this job by Saturday, was something to do with work: Simon Larsen he could be back to his normal life perhaps nervous owners of a house looked like a by Sunday. Tansy was trying to list or a tenant man adrift. who’d woken up to find they had no The hunch in And yet. hot water. Or perhaps she’d called his shoulders, the five-day stubble. Right now, it was Monday morning. Edwina Chee just to check the kids He wore a stained hoodie and the Early. Time was ticking. Simon had were okay, that Lachie had his library trackpants stretched over his waist only one week to landscape Naveen’s bag and Mia had her sports gear. had seen better days. He was tallish backyard, but he was not there, tilling Simon knew the kids had those things without being quite tall, and beefy and shovelling and planting. He was because he’d packed them himself. It without being exactly fat. His eyes, at Southern Cross Station with his wasn’t every day that the kids were once a sharp blue, were watery and wife, Tansy, waiting for a train. Tansy dropped at the Chees’ to go to school faded with pouches underneath, like was an apple-cheeked woman with with the Chee children, so it would be small, hairless caterpillars napping. tawny-blonde, shoulder-length hair natural that Tansy wanted to check in. His hair, already silver, was scruffy and a dusting of freckles across her and his face was puffy and grey. He nose that looked like they’d been How ludicrous, he thought. Of seemed aimless. That would be an applied with a paintbrush. Her face course she would call Kylie. He understandable assumption, from was heart-shaped. She looked like pressed his lips together. The 12 years the look of him. a milkmaid from a fairy story, like that Simon had been married to Tansy someone who always drank eight was long enough to gain some basic But if you thought that, you’d glasses of water and slept eight hours understanding of when to shut up. be wrong. every night. Simon still thought she Simon was proud of knowing this. was the most beautiful woman he’d If he was in the Marriage Boy Scouts, Okay, he might not have a burning ever seen. he’d have a badge sewn onto his goal that ignited his energy and They’d been sitting in the cafe at uncomfortably paramilitary shirt that imagination and saw him leaping the station for all of three minutes said “Discretion is the better part of out of bed in the morning before the when Tansy said she had to make a valour”. The less said, the better. alarm. He’d had those in the past, yes. call. Had to. She fished her phone There’s no need to keep going on and He was once driven and striving; he from the little pocket on the outside on about something; part of the secret was once a person who made plans. of her tan leather tote where it lived, of a happy marriage was don’t sweat That past Simon was someone he snug as a Chihuahua, then she pressed the small stuff. Simon knew how to could barely recognise. But right now, the screen. let things go. there was something he did absolutely “It’s me,” she said. “The train’s not need to achieve. in yet.” “You just called Kylie from the car,” Was a cafe inside a train station Simon said. He needed to landscape Naveen actually a cafe? It was more a food Patel’s backyard. court sort of arrangement in this barn “It’s the least I can do.” Tansy of a station. At this ridiculous hour, made a sad face. This was not the kind of goal that the takeaway-coffee line snaked along poets immortalised in verse. It was the glass cabinet of carrot cake and Simon opened his mouth to say unlikely to inspire a movie starring wraps all the way past the sushi place, something that even now he knew Steve Carell as Simon. But the but the seats were empty except for he’d soon regret, when Tansy’s phone situation was urgent. If Simon fixed those occupied by Tansy and himself. rang. She held up one finger to him, Naveen’s backyard, disaster would be The voice on the other end of Tansy’s then answered, “Tansy Larsen”. Then averted. And also – and here was the call was loud but indistinguishable. she winked at him, which would have real motivating factor, he admitted Tansy uh-huhed and mhmed and made more sense if she hadn’t been – Tansy would get off his back. His gotchaed and nodded like a Russian Tansy Larsen. mother-in-law, Gloria, would get off sleeper agent receiving a coded his back, his sister-in-law, Kylie, briefing. Finally she hung up without “Not yet,” she said into the phone. would get off his back, his brother-in- saying goodbye. “Was that Kylie?” This time the voice on the other end law, Nick, would get off his back. His Simon asked. “Did you just call Kylie sounded like someone who kept a wife and her entire family would get again?” “Of course it was Kylie,” Tansy supply of helium balloons at the off his back if he fixed Naveen’s said as she finished her coffee. ready, just in case they needed to give backyard. “Who else did you think I would ransom delivery instructions at short call?” notice. “Relax,” she said. “We’re going And once the backyard was fixed, Several possibilities had crossed to blend in to the crowd. She’ll never Naveen would pay him. Simon’s mind. Perhaps this urgent call even notice us.” And then she laughed, and looked at Simon and To be honest, they really needed made a kissy face. Then she sang the the money. beginning of the James Bond theme – doo doodoodoodoo doo doo doo – and All of this was incredibly motivating for Simon. See? He was a man with a The Australian Women’s Weekly 127

Exclusive fiction extract listened for a while longer and when This was a terrible idea, he thought. Q&A with she hung up, laughing, she looked at He hated to think of her putting herself Simon. “What?” she said to him. “Let through this, being upset for no reason. Author Toni me guess. That was Nick.” Jordan “It’s not too late to go home,” he said. “Of course it was Nick,” she said. “We could have a leisurely breakfast You are a molecular “Who else would it be? He says hi, by without the kids. I could make you biologist. What made you the way.” an omelette.” switch to writing novels? “If only he was here at the station. “I’m fine.” I’ve been obsessed with At 7am. Like we are. Then he could have “I don’t like her already,” he said. “I reading novels my whole life, said hi in person.” haven’t even seen her and I know. She’s so I enrolled in a TAFE course a pain, I can tell.” “They both feel bad about missing Tansy reached over and squeezed on fiction writing for fun. out. Poor Kyles, and poor Nick.” his hand. The waiter approached their table. The Dinner with the Where to start with a sentence like “I’ll have a shiraz, please,” Simon said. Schnabels family is larger that? Missing out? Poor Kyles and poor “A double shiraz, with a side of vodka.” Nick, missing out on getting up at “He means another long black,” than life. Where did the five in the morning in the throes of a said Tansy. Simon shrugged. “I guess,” inspiration for the mild headache, listening to the kids he said. moaning, propping them up at the sink Tansy and Kylie and Nick. Simon had characters come from? and watching with one eye while they always known they were a package deal. half-brushed their teeth while tugging There was nothing more important, I don’t know! I’ve always a brush through Mia’s hair with one Simon reminded himself, than the daydreamed funny little hand and doing up Lachie’s shoelaces relationship between siblings. In scenes with made-up people. with the other while your head concept. In the corner of Simon’s brain continued to pound, then filling their where all his logical, reasonable and Your novels are laugh- pockets with muesli bars and yoghurt sensible thoughts lived, he completely out-loud funny and also cups and half-carrying them, understood the value in Tansy being so grumbling, and their bags (why does a close to her elder sister and younger poignant. What is the child the size of Mia have a backpack brother. Having grown up with Gloria as secret to writing comedy? the size of a small pony?) to the car their single parent, sticking together while your wife is on the phone to her was a survival skill. He saw them as a Observation. The world is a sister, again, then delivering your three-person French Resistance or a ludicrous place and I try to children, lids half closed, to the Chees’, rock band. Rage Against the Gloria. The to be greeted by at the front door by Surrey Hills Underground. He loved notice ridiculous things. Edwina Chee in a Hello Kitty dressing- Tansy’s relationship with Kylie and gown that Simon would never have Nick. Theoretically. And he also What do you think guessed came in adult sizes and understood these relationships in a is at the heart of the slippers that looked like miniature more personal way. unique voice found in schnauzers? (“Dad!” Lachie had said, At night, when Simon checked on Mia Australian fiction? all at once awake as he tumbled from and Lachie, he would look down on them the back seat. “If they were real dogs, sleeping like perfect angels: Mia, snoring Our unique circumstances: Edwina’s feet would be up their bums!”) softly with her rosebud mouth open, and we’re a mostly immigrant Lachie, with his thumb suspended an nation living on land with Or should he be thinking of poor Kyles inch from his perfect baby teeth. Parents 70,000 years of history. and poor Nick, missing out on missing never love their children more than when half a day’s work this morning, which they’re asleep. I’ll protect you forever, What is your favourite put Simon behind on Naveen’s backyard novel of all time? already, on the very first day he was Simon would think in scheduled to begin. There was turf to be that moment. AWW What a question! Today, it’s laid! Garden beds to be prepared, shrubs Persuasion by Jane Austen. to be planted! The pavers hadn’t arrived This is an edited extract yet! It was perfect labouring weather: from Dinner with the mid-20s, only partly sunny. Very Schnabels by Toni lucky, for February. Yet here he was, Jordan, Hachette. accompanying his wife to Southern Cross On sale March 30. so that Tansy, who was actually the poor one, didn’t have to do this on her own. 128 The Australian Women’s Weekly

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Horoscopes In the stars E D ITE D b y L I L ITH RO C H A I L LUSTRATI O N b y C L AU D I A F R IT TIT TA Aries Mar 21 - Apr 21 April, day one: Sun, new moon, Mercury and Chiron pop the cork on the zodiac’s new year in the sign of you feisty, excitable firecrackers who posses the magical talent for making everything old feel new again. Now it’s your prime time for this year’s reset, consider checking out Aries neuroscientist Dr Joe Dispenza’s perspective on Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How To Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. Planetary make-over vibes are pumping through the first half of April, before your warrior spirit dives into a slower flow so the newer, truer, updated you can make its entrance. Taurus April 22 - May 21 Gemini May 22 - Jun 22 Cancer Jun 23 - Jul 23 Cue new beginnings as April arrives like Early April finds your mentor planet, This is your month for simplifying a psychic vitamin shot to kick-start your Mercury, in the sign of charisma and anything that’s become too complicated letting go of whatever has passed its potential, with you vocalising your vision or complex. Not suggesting spartan or use-by date. When Mercury surrenders because who knows who might be sparse: more along the lines of essential its restless edge mid-month in your listening? Not entirely. Mercury in pleasures, necessary luxuries and down-to-earth, no-nonsense sign, motormouth mode broadcasting your consigning high maintenance anything your steady Taurean pace may irritate brightest ideas isn’t necessarily in your to the too-hard basket. With Mars speedier others. In which case simply best interests during this competitive stimulating barge-in, boundary-pushing remind them that deliberation in cycle, and besides, isn’t a hint of mystery behaviour, smart Crabs will steer clear of decision-making often saves costly intriguing? When the communication touchy temperaments and volatile mistakes. This month’s Venus watering planet morphs mid-month into closure scenarios for the first half of April. When the lawns of Taurus is deliciously mode, it’s time to slow down, pull over the planet of impulse and desire joins replenishing, though when Mars joins and spend some quiet quality time Venus in the zodiac’s touchiest, feeliest her for the last half of April with his recalibrating your PGS (personal water sign mid-month, source your inner too-much-is-just-enough excess, the guidance system) so those brilliant mermaid and surrender to getting fine line between doing something and inspirations can land and put down sidetracked, diverted and distracted overdoing it could be curiously elusive. solid roots over the coming months. by the tug of the heart’s currents. 136 The Australian Women’s Weekly

Leo Jul 24 - Aug 23 Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 23 Libra Sep 24 - Oct 23 Been feeling over things? Then take Ready or not, this mischievous month Whether you’re single, in a ‘situation- courage, (from the French coeur activates energy you never knew you ship’ or committed for the long haul, meaning heart, the Leo-ruled body had, inviting frisky, spunky Virgo this month’s astral energy in your part) because this month blesses your out to play. If its slapdash, happy-go- opposite sign on the zodiac wheel heart with a fresh start. If you’ve been lucky antics shake you loose and puts Libran relationships – your stalled in neutral, Mars connects the rumple your agenda, don’t panic: just number one artwork – in the spotlight. celestial jumper leads to get you back appreciate peoples’ random wildness You’re likely to be romanced (or is that on life’s highway. Commence your and the fact that you’re not like them. ‘faux-manced’) like nobody’s business, reset with some space clearing, What can you and this month do for in a brazen way, especially around creative redecorating, a body detox, each other? As April energies morph this year’s Libra full moon on April 17: wardrobe purge, file declutter or around mid-month from fast and your annual partnership maker or change of scenery getaway, any of furious to a more languid, earthy breaker. Connections on every level which can bring on a significant tempo, from vision to process, start from public to private to professional attitude transformation. That done, adding more practical magic to your are up for restart, renaissance or switch from solo to ensemble around everyday routines by streamlining au revoir, so expect arguments, April 17’s full moon to acknowledge management strategies and creating epiphanies, breakthroughs, breakaways the sterling support of Team Leo. elegant, less-stress outcomes. and some epic make-up moments. Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 22 Sagittarius Nov 23 - Dec 21 There’s a fire down below, down below in your heart ... and If March seemed draining, welcome to April’s Divine passion’s in fashion as this month brings Scorpio waters to the Madness month of the zodiac’s boldest, most generous boil, tempting you to burn the candle not only at both ends and tempestuous fire sign. With temperatures rising it won’t but right down the middle. Scorpions can resist everything be surprising if tongues flash, opinions clash and before you except temptation, so extinguish any impulse to flamboyant know it you’ve blown a fuse and said something you wish you dummy spits that leave scorch marks where you pass and hadn’t, so keep your version of a chill pill handy. With so much have others brushing sparks from their coiffures. Heavenly astral adrenalin pumping, you fast-moving Archers could also co-stars Mars and Venus are designed for self-expression be accident-prone so take care, especially around fire. That as the month progresses, so listen up for inspirational said, if you’ve been spinning your wheels, April’s combustible downloads and keep on the lookout for creative cohorts. spirit of renewal reignites this year’s Sagittarian fire and drive. CLAUDIA FRITTITTA/THE ILLUSTRATION ROOM. Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Aquarius Jan 21-Feb 19 Pisces Feb 20 - Mar 20 A busy, buzzy month for Capricorns, Venus and Mars in your sign for the Jupiter and Neptune’s background which asks you to give a little, even first part of April is this year’s celestial music track to April is a soaring a lot, to get what you want. How? signal for a style-up: which in your crescendo of enthusiastic ideals and By employing Capricorn practicality case means wickedly individual and inspired drive. Yes, you are ready to during heated interactions and outrageously striking because this make a brave new start, but talk it differences of opinion. By considering sassy, full frontal, in-your-face month over with a trusted other first before each person’s needs and figuring how inspires surprising new ways of doing making a move on any big decisions. best to utilise and play to their strengths. things. Rebellious and cheeky, it plays When the planets of luck, largesse and Pro tip? Look for solutions beyond the by its own rules as you do, has bags of merging are joined for the last half obvious, below the surface, from the hive potential and exciting new playmates of April by Mars and Venus in your mind. April gets interesting from the with no shortage of interesting watery sign, look who is flashing their mid-month full moon onwards, when possibilities. Exhilarating? Absolutely. scales and shimmying their tails, four planets (Jupiter, Neptune, Mars Dangerous? In some cases, because playful as dolphins and outrageously and Venus) in your social sector fuses are short and provoking flirtatious … Just be careful not to galvanise you into a networking controversy could destroy a build-up singe your fins playing with fire. It’s far dynamo. Just don’t neglect the precious, of goodwill. Don’t be an April fool: better to get what you want by being necessary balance of down time. keep your cool. Piscean: wet, wild and pliable. AWW The Australian Women’s Weekly 137

End notes 5 minute philosopher TV presenter and podcaster Petra Bagust ponders life, love and ageing with our probing questions. Which picture on your phone makes you smile the most? This one. My husband Hamish is so helpful and I love that his solution to keeping Mum’s shoes dry provoked joy. He paddled around in the water for ages and she couldn’t get down or stop laughing! What do you love about What movie would you What would be the brand-new podcast Grey yourself – and what would watch over and over again? first thing you did if Areas. It’s a podcast about you change? you won Lotto? how to grow up with gusto The Princess Bride or and gorgeousness. I am That I boogie to average Hunt for the Wilderpeople. I’d do something sneaky really passionate about the supermarket music, and that and super-fun, like a conversations we’re having I gave in and finally got a If your life had a theme surprise family trip to Italy. to share wisdom around dog. I love being willing to song, what would it be? I promised Mum I’d take her ageing while change my mind. Getting to Florence as a 21-year- having a more curious as I age is also The song I sing most while old, so imagine making laugh. I really a bonus – I dig learning, so doing the dishes, Whitney that happen! On the way hope people tackling new adventures, Houston’s I Will Always home, we’d call into Kenya, like it! tastes, people or topics are Love You. Namibia, Zambia and Japan some things I like about me. – the countries my sons The last time you I’m done with approaching would love to visit. embarrassed yourself was… myself as broken and needing to be fixed, so When was the last time Half an hour ago, when consistent moves towards you were out of your I remembered I wasn’t wholehearted living is the comfort zone? enrolled at university for this change I seek. semester and my lectures Yesterday and the day start tonight. Most thoughtful gift you before – recording for my have ever received? What is always in Have you ever had a your fridge? My favourite gift is time. hairdo you regretted? A friend recently did 100 percent – a spiral Everything and nothing, spreadsheets with me for perm in my second to plus cat and dog food. an event and it was such a last year of high school. I have two teenage boys gift, partly because I know who are both over six feet nothing about Excel! tall – it’s a challenge! 138 The Australian Women’s Weekly

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