These Vegie Fritters from Donna Hay are one of our favourite after-school-snacks that can carry on through the school holidays too! INGREDIENTS 2 cups (320g) grated zucchini (courgette) (about 2 zucchinis) 1½ cups (210g) grated carrot (about 2 carrots) 150g feta, crumbled (gives good flavour) ⅓...
Tara-Jade Brown’s family is walking an unexpected path with determination and hope. It feels as though everyone in the entire shopping centre is staring at me. “Shhh baby, calm down,” I croon while rocking the child backwards and forwards. His eyes are unfocused, and he is...
Tim Burton returns, as only he can, with the weird and wonderful retelling of ‘Dumbo’. Walt Disney provided the original cartoon version in 1941 and Burton has retold the story with a vague nod to the original. Aided by the powerful use of CGI, the film...
As she deals with her son’s diagnosis with a brain tumour, Lisa Cole concludes we all need to believe in something or someone. Why is it that when you really need something it’s suddenly hard to find? I’d been searching for Coco everywhere that night, but...
Women who have suffered a pregnancy loss need to be kind to themselves, even when others aren’t, writes Michelle Hayward. I am a mother and a survivor. I am currently ‘recovering and healing’ from a pregnancy loss – a miscarriage at 10 weeks – and I...
Looking for some Easter themed books for the young kids? Here is a selection of new and older favourites to search for. Beautiful Eggs written and ill. by Alice Lindstrom (Scribble Kids Books, B/B RRP $16.99) Just in time for Easter celebrations is this beautiful board...
We have put together some fun Easter gift ideas for kids that come without the sugar rush. ...
A synopsis of the story The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is the sequel to the original 2014 film The Lego Movie. Five years after the events of the first movie, the persistently cheerful Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) and his brooding best friend Lucy/Wyldstyle (voiced...
The 12th annual World Autism Day is on 2nd April and author Monique Cain, a mother of two children with autism, shares her honest and frank journey with her new book Never Give Up. Never Give Up is an honest and heart-wrenching account of one family’s...
Anju Regis discusses with Renee Fedele, a Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Mediator & Child Consultant, what she observes when parents are entrenched in the battlefield that a separation/divorce can be. When you see families in mediation, and children in child consultations, what are the common...
