Family Archives • ALEXANDRIA BLAELOCK

Now Available: Ms Blaelock’s Book of Minimally Viable Housekeeping

In exciting news, Ms Blaelock’s Book of Minimally Viable Housekeeping is now available for purchase! When you’re busy, taking care of…
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I’ve been watching a few romances lately, and I can’t help asking, what is love? Bearing in mind the standard…
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I have to start by saying you can’t have a stress free event when your guests stress you out. That…
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The last of my mother’s effects recently arrived in the post. It’s a queer feeling. Particularly given her wind-up musical jewellery…
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Following a multi-party, Upper House inquiry into “end of life” choices; Victoria may become the first Australian state to permit assisted…
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Gwendoline Dimes was born in the East End of London in 1927. She survived the poverty of the Depression and…
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As you know, I have been making arrangements for my mother’s funeral, and I spent almost a whole day looking…
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My mother’s last illness has reached its logical conclusion, and I am struggling to deal with the business of death. And…
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I’m back at home. I’m tired and a little jet lagged. I don’t yet fit back into the Alexandria shaped…
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Following my brush with the collapse of control, I have been noticing a lot of chat about “morning routine” in my…
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After he read my post about Destiny, Toseland accused me of being depressing. Not exactly the reaction I was hoping…
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My Aunt’s funeral is over and according to popular wisdom I have said my goodbyes and should move on, but I…
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My Aunt’s funeral is this week, and as you can imagine that sort of thing makes you think a little…
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I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the ghosts of Christmas past are sneaking up on us again. Perhaps…
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We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in (as opposed to our hometown, where we…
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