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Sometimes bad things happen,” my four-year-old daughter tells me matter-of-factly as I try desperately to steer her away from the heartbreaking sight of a dead baby bird on the footpath in front of us. “But I don’t want you to be sad,” I say, as I tug at her sleeve. “Bad things make me so sad that’s why I need to look at it,” she explains earnestly, transfixed. A challenging conversation about death ensues, before she circles back to the other “bad thing” consuming her, like so many of us right now – the bushfires. The grey haze blanketing our suburb, the smell of smoke that sometimes seeps into our house and the fact she hasn’t been able to play outside with her pre-school friends has not gone unnoticed. Kind…

LETTER of the MONTH

I was overcome by Lesley Porter (“Welcome to the good life”, AWW, December) and her astounding work with animals and vulnerable children. Here was a woman who wasn’t wealthy, doesn’t have stardom or a privileged life, who experienced salvation through meeting a woman who changed her mindset and life. She learnt not to dwell in self-pity but to use her skills and experience to change lives of others. A lesson for us all – reach out with kindness, you may just save a life. F. White, Croydon North, Vic. “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”– PAULO COELHO Mary-Ann Flynn, Millmerran, Qld.…

LETTER of the MONTH

In Brief NEWS BITES

Our stars shine THE ORGANISERS of the Golden Globes might do well to consider relocating the ceremony Down Under given the number of Australian nominees. Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Margot Robbie (left), Russell Crowe and Toni Collette are all in contention for a coveted statuette. Margot made history as the first-ever double nominee at AACTA international awards for Best Supporting Actress. Ladies lead Finland WHEN FINLAND’S government elected a 34-year-old to the most powerful position in the nation, it became a country led by young women. Sanna Marin (second right) is the youngest sitting prime minister in the world, and leads a coalition made up of five parties, each of which is also led by a woman. Four of the five party leaders, including Ms Marin, are under 35. Commentators…

In Brief NEWS BITES

NSW Australian of the Year Professor Munjed Al Muderis As a young doctor in Iraq, Munjed Al Muderis was ordered to mutilate the ears of military draft evaders. Following orders would have contradicted his core values as a medical professional. Refusing would have resulted in death at the hands of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen. In desperation, Munjed fled his homeland. After a long and perilous journey to Australia, he was held in detention, where he earned the ire of guards by speaking out about the treatment of his fellow asylum seekers. Today, at 47, Munjed is one of our leading orthopaedic surgeons and a pioneer of ‘osseointegration’, a revolutionary technique that allows amputees to feel prosthetic limbs and control them with their minds. Munjed jokingly describes the procedure as “very much…

Zara & Mike A perfect match

When Zara Tindall was pregnant with her first daughter, Mia, we talked about how she would fit motherhood around her decidedly unsocial schedule of competitive horseriding, which involved her travelling all over Britain and overseas, sleeping in her horse truck. “We’ll just carry on as normal,” she told me, explaining that eventing kids just have to fit in with their parents. After all, that’s what she did with her mum Princess Anne, Zara added. That was five years ago and now I am back in her Aston Farm home, in the heart of Britain’s green and pleasant Cotswolds, and on the face of it not much has changed. Zara and husband Mike both have a full schedule of work commitments and they’re still laughing, joking and sparking off each other…

Zara & Mike A perfect match

COURAGE UNDER FIRE

The noise. That’s what you don’t get in the footage and photos. The terrible, terrible noise of a big bushfire. The malignant sound of the wind as the fire sucks in the oxygen it needs to grow. The hissing and popping of eucalyptus trees, the explosions as they release their gasses. Fires make their own weather, creating their own wind, lightening, black hail. “The noise,” says Liane Henderson, volunteer firefighter of 20 years standing, “is like jet planes.” If we’re lucky we’ll never know what it’s like inside an uncontained fire. Liane does, and so do her firefighting colleagues. It’s dark, like an eclipse. “It can get very scary because you can get disoriented. It’s another world when you are out there, it really is.” An unpredictable fast-moving force of…

COURAGE UNDER FIRE

Listening to the morning news, on Tuesday, November 12, Kristie Newton realised that the catastrophic fires in Queensland and NSW had created a wildlife emergency. “It is the worst crisis that WIRES [NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service] has seen in our 30-plus year history,” she says, as we walk through tinder-dry bush on the outskirts of Sydney. “The number and intensity of the fires, and the speed with which they’re moving, is very scary.” It’s frightening because of the sheer number of animals that have been affected, stretching volunteers to their limits, and because there has been severe habitat loss, which will mean food shortages and a lack of safe places to release animals when they recover from their injuries and trauma. “This is going to impact these…

They’ll bury me in my yellows

Charmaine Sellings keeps a close eye on inky clouds rolling around the horizon. “Just one crack of lightning on a stormy day could be disastrous,” she says, looking across brittle paddocks sweeping up to the edge of the parched forest surrounding her community’s 5000-hectare home. Like so many parts of Australia, picturesque Lake Tyers in eastern Victoria has suffered crippling drought in recent years, and as a consequence there’ll be no summer break for Charmaine or the Country Fire Authority brigade she leads. Instead, they’ll be on-call, keeping watch over this tinder-box patch of sacred land. “Things are pretty desperate,” Charmaine says. “We are in extreme conditions, our dams are empty and it’s not a good situation. The crew will work around the clock. We hope for a quiet summer…

They’ll bury me in my yellows

The power of love

The local theatre at Warrnambool in country Victoria was packed to the gills as Kay Rendell took her seat ahead of the first performance of that year’s holiday musical, Les Misérables. Her daughter Gorgi was about to take the stage playing the role of Cosette. To be honest, Kay bashfully admits now, she wasn’t expecting much from the then 18 year old. But then Gorgi opened her mouth to sing the first line and Kay, along with the rest of audience, gasped. “I was in shock with this magnificent voice,” the 74 year old chuckles in retrospect. “I’d hardly ever heard Gorgi sing at home and I honestly didn’t know she had such a beautiful voice until I saw her on stage. When we left the theatre, all my friends…

The power of love

Clive’s LAST TANGO

There’s a painting on the wall of Clive James’ Cambridge home that depicts him engrossed in writing, sitting in front of another painting where he’s dancing with a beautiful woman. The vivid canvas captures Clive emphatically, not just with its studied likeness but uniquely, because it combines his two great passions in one frame – words and the tango. I spied it the minute I walked into the house two years ago and it stopped me in my tracks. I was there to interview Clive, whose reviews in UK’s Observer newspaper and TV chat shows I had grown up with in England, whose famously “unreliable” memoirs captivated my Aussie-born mum, who herself had sailed for London five years before Clive, and whose achingly soulful poetry had more recently captured my…

Clive’s LAST TANGO

THE MOTHER OF ALL MIX-UPS

On a cold New York day after the usual nine months of nesting and anticipation, Donna Fasano gave birth to two darling boys. She and her husband, Richard, were both in their late 30s and had enlisted an IVF clinic to help them conceive, so when the twin cries filled that hospital room in December 1998, there was not only joy, but relief. They named the babies Vincent and Joseph and took them home to Staten Island where the little ones shared bath time and a baby gym, in the way brothers do. “Both these boys are beautiful – two precious, normal little boys,” the couple’s lawyer, Ivan Tantleff, said in the wake of the catastrophe that unfolded, though it would have been hard for the parents to deny knowing…

THE MOTHER OF ALL MIX-UPS

With barely a bead of sweat on her brow, Ash Barty walked off the tennis court in Shenzhen last November and straight into a packed press conference, the eyes of the world’s media trained on her. Minutes earlier she’d proudly held aloft the coveted Billie Jean King Trophy after winning the Women’s Tennis Association Finals, and with it the largest prize cheque awarded to any tennis player in history, male or female. It capped off an extraordinary year for the 23-year-old who won the French Open in June and became the number one female tennis player in the world soon after. When pressed about how she’d spend the $6.4 million winnings, she shrugged her shoulders and said she’d “probably spoil” her three-year-old niece Lucy and two-year-old nephew Oscar with a…

More Aussie women to watch

Priscilla Hon Brisbane’s Priscilla Hon, 21, made her Fed Cup debut in style last February, teaming up with Ash Barty in the doubles to deliver Australia a 3-2 victory over the US and entry into the World Group semifinals. She is ranked #5 in Australia. “I just take it match by match,” she says. Astra Sharma Perth-born 24-year-old Astra Sharma played her first game of tennis at age five and in 2019 cracked the WTA Top 100. She’s ranked #4 in Australia. The secret to her success, on her best days, she says, is “staying calm, staying positive, not thinking too much or getting too negative on court.” Ajla Tomljanovic “This team has been unbelievable. It’s such a privilege to play for you guys,” said Croatian-born Ajla Tomljanovic, 26, of…

More Aussie women to watch

JACINDA ARDERN “You don’t have to be perfect to be Prime Minister”

It’s a slight running joke that Jacinda Ardern is not one for introspection – not because she doesn’t see the value of it, but because at this stage of her life, there just isn’t time. The New Zealand Prime Minister has inadvertently become quite an expert in one-upping her previous year. And of course, 2019 has been no different. “It’s been a big one,” Jacinda admits. “But it’s been rewarding.” In the weeks before Christmas, The Weekly has a brief but action-packed opportunity to spend some one-on-one time with the NZ Prime Minister to talk about the personal and public challenges of the past 12 months, her hopes for the coming year and her plans for the holidays. This year, Jacinda, her fiancé Clarke Gayford and their toddler Neve will…

JACINDA ARDERN “You don’t have to be perfect to be Prime Minister”

Waiting for the APOCALYPSE

The village of Ruinerwold lies in what the rest of Holland calls the “forgotten land”, a thinly populated expanse of dark forests and peat bogs, popular with hardcore hikers who provide most of the passing trade at Chris Westerbeek’s main street bar. The young man who came in for a drink on a quiet evening in October clearly wasn’t a typical customer. “He said he lived locally,” says Chris, “but I know most people here, and I’d never seen him before. There was something strange about him. He had a beer and then another, and then he started telling me things.” What 25-year-old Jan Zon van Dorsten told the barman would make global headlines. For the past nine years, he said, he had been living with his father and five…

Waiting for the APOCALYPSE

Summer in Australia

At home For much of the 20th century, home ownership in Australia was considered not merely something to aspire to, but almost a societal right. In our land of sweeping plains, space seemed endless – cities could simply expand into surrounding fields and forests. The backyard with its patch of lawn, perhaps corralled by a paling fence, was there for kids’ play, and for the family dog to claim as its own. There was usually space for backyard cricket or to kick a footy. And as outdoor entertaining gained in popularity, the barbecue was a patio fixture. On the beach With its coast-hugging population, Australia’s summer playground has always been one of sand and surf. And just as the miniskirt had challenged moral standards on the streets and in the…

Summer in Australia

The woman who saved 25 lives

Eight years ago, for her 50th birthday, Galy O’Connor’s celebration was characteristically caring. The enthusiastic mountain climber and personal trainer taught a fundraising fitness class at her local gym, where she asked participants to donate to the 2011 Queensland floods appeal instead of buying her a gift. At heart, she was still the same girl who’d asked her mum if she could bring homeless people to live with them so they didn’t shiver in lonely streets. “We were having an absolute ball,” says Galy of the class. “Then, as I was jumping up and down, calling out instructions, I felt it.” That ‘it’ – a small lump in her toned stomach – was about to transform her life, and eventually the lives of 25 complete strangers. The personal becomes political…

The woman
who saved 25 lives

Keeping it in the family

Over 15 years ago, Melissa Doyle experienced two events which would change the course of her life – one gloriously happy, the other heartbreaking. The former, needless to say, was the birth of her daughter, Talia, on December 18, 2003. With her today as she chats to The Weekly and clearly the apple of her mother’s eye, Talia is Melissa’s second child – son Nick is two years older – and completed the family she had built with her husband, sports marketing executive John Dunlop. The pair met when Melissa was just 23 and starting out in journalism, and from the outset they knew they had found a love that would last the distance. The latter was an event which would rock people the world over. On Boxing Day 2004,…

Keeping it in the family

Falling in love again

Isabel Allende has news, surprising news, and for the feminist best-selling Chilean novelist it came out of nowhere. “I find myself at this old age, for the first time in my life, adored by someone. And let me tell you it’s a very weird feeling,” she reflects. I can sense Isabel’s utter incredulity as she talks more about the lovestruck New York lawyer Roger Cukras, who she met in October 2016 and married in a quiet family ceremony a few months ago. The story of their romance is like something from – well – a novel, albeit not one of Isabel’s. “He heard me on the radio. He was a widower in New York where he’d lived all his life and was driving to Boston to see his son when…

Falling in love again

“I can be tough, but I think I’ve mellowed,” says Joy McKean with the sort of smile that tells you she hasn’t mellowed an inch more than she wanted to. It’s a warm summer morning when we meet at her house in a retirement village on Sydney’s leafy North Shore. It’s a very beautiful but modest house that doesn’t feel as if it has been properly moved into yet. There’s one person conspicuous in his absence and represented only by a large portrait, leaning against a chair – Joy’s late husband and partner in music and life, the legendary Slim Dusty. In fact, the electric piano in the corner and a few awards on a shelf are the only clues to suggest that Joy McKean OAM is Australia’s queen of…

Your stars for 2020

Signs of the times Will the dawning of the new decade arrive quietly? With a rare triple conjunction of expansive Jupiter, contractive Saturn and eruptive Pluto ending and recommencing for three giant planetary cycles, the answer is, “probably not” – especially considering an edgy alignment with dwarf planet Eris, named for the Greek goddess of discord. Historically, this transit has accompanied major upheavals of civilisations, and 2020 looks set to give us front row seats at a radical reset of global resources and economies. The good news? Jupiter, our solar system’s largest planet in the sign of responsible governance, gives the human community an increasingly powerful public say in the way we move into the future. Aries • MAR 21-APR 21 Big picture Powerhouse planets Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter are winding…

Your stars for 2020

Let’s talk about death

The look on his face told her everything. Vashti Whitfield had rushed to Auckland where her rapidly deteriorating husband, Andy, was receiving acupuncture treatment designed to boost strength in cancer patients. But the Welsh-born actor, who had steadfastly refused to consider the possibility of dying, had now taken a turn for the worse, and Vashti was determined to bring him back to Sydney to die. Although she’d ridden an unimaginable roller-coaster of emotions over the 18 months since Andy’s diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, nothing could prepare her for seeing her once-robust husband, the star of US TV series Spartacus, peacefully surrender to his final scene. Death, the inevitable fate that most of us spend our lives denying, was now claiming him at the age of just 39. And bearing witness…

Let’s talk about death

Gone to the dogs

January is the month universally recognised as the time to diet. Resolutions are made, protein powders purchased and poundage pledged off via strict caloric reduction. This year the health expert told me to get serious. I have to replace half of every meal with grated carrot. Every meal? She was blunt in her assessment “We’re dealing with morbid obesity, there’s no hip definition and all I see is a giant loaf of bread on legs.” Ouch. However, it wasn’t entirely my fault: When we go out people just keep feeding him snacks because he looks so cute. He stares at me with those big brown eyes when I’m eating lasagne so of course I slip a few spoonfuls under the table? I mean, he is man’s (and woman’s) best friend…

Gone to the dogs

Elsa Pataky A strong mind+body

The first step to a better you is a mental one. What do you want to change? Do you want to walk up a flight of stairs without becoming breathless? Do you want to look in the mirror and be pleased with what you see? The important thing is to be true to yourself. My goal is to live life fully – to thrive, not just survive. I do that by exercising daily, eating healthy foods and keeping my mind active. I could not imagine my life without exercise. For me, it is the glue that holds everything together: my health, my happiness, my relationship [with actor Chris Hemsworth]. Set your goals 1 Are they specific? If your goal is too broad – “I want to get in shape”, for…

Elsa Pataky A strong mind+body

Training with a partner

I love training with Chris. We do our own exercises separately, but then we really enjoy spending 30–40 minutes doing something we both like together. I also train with my family – my brother, his wife and our cousins will come to our house every now and then to train together. It’s like family fun time! The competition also makes us work out slightly harder. Laziness, as you know, is contagious. But so is enthusiasm. If you can get your partner on board, you will be able to motivate each other on those days when the other doesn’t feel like moving. If you set yourself a challenge and add competition to the mix, I promise you that the session will be much more fun. Time will fly by and you…

Incidental exercise

Nearly every super-fit person I know takes any chance to exercise that they can. Not just training, but finding ways in their day to be active. It’s called incidental exercise – an activity you would have been doing anyway, but you can also get extra steps in and your heart rate up! And there are so many easy ways to build it into your day. If you commute by bus or train to work, try and get off a few stops earlier and walk the rest of the way. If you go to the shopping centre, walk there. And if you take your kids to the playground, run around with them, or lift them up to get on the slide or jungle gym. It’s all exercise. It all counts!…

Wild berry bites

Makes about 14 1 cup (150g) berries of your choice, such as raspberries, strawberries or blueberries 1½ cups (375g) full-fat Greek yoghurt ⅓ cup (115g) honey or light agave nectar ½ cup (30g) shredded coconut non-stick spray, if needed Place berries, yoghurt and honey or agave in a blender; blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl; mix in shredded coconut using a spatula. Spoon mixture into ice cube trays or individual moulds. If tray is rigid (metal or hard plastic), spray lightly with non-stick spray. Carefully wrap with plastic wrap; freeze for a minimum 4 hours.…

Coping with food cravings

Cutting down on food that’s high in sugar, white flour and other simple carbs can be very hard at first, especially if you have been used to eating a lot of it at every meal. One way to help is to have something slightly sweet at breakfast. Lately, I’ve been eating wholewheat bread with butter and a smear of marmalade with no added sugar. I also really like porridge, which I prepare with rice milk. My kids love it for breakfast, and for them I sometimes add a small handful of dark chocolate, crushed almonds and berries. Like many mothers, my breakfast often ends up being what my kids can’t finish: uneaten crusts, bits of fruit or egg . . . but as I am feeding my kids healthy foods…

Coping with food cravings

Leek and goat’s cheese omelette with cashew pesto

Serves 2 4 organic eggs sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons roughly chopped tarragon leaves 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1–2 leeks, white part only, chopped ½ cup (60 g) crumbled goat’s cheese micro herbs, to serve (optional) lemon wedges, to serve Cashew pesto 1 cup (155 g) cashews 1 cup (50 g) well-packed baby spinach leaves 6 basil leaves 2 teaspoons sea salt flakes 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast juice of 1 lemon ½ cup (125 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra if needed To make cashew pesto, place cashews, spinach, basil, salt, nutritional yeast and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice in a blender. Blend on high, while slowly adding oil, until ingredients are well combined. If the consistency is too thick, add more oil or…

Leek and goat’s cheese omelette with cashew pesto

How to find your voice

After my memoir Becoming was published, I heard a similar reaction from a lot of people – strangers, friends and family alike. They said, “I just can’t believe you remembered that much.” It’s a comment that usually gave me a bit of a chuckle, because when I think back to the process of reflecting for my memoir, what I remember most is the feeling of grasping at the memories that were just out of my reach. What was her name? Did I make that decision before or after that talk with Barack? Which state was that campaign event in? I’d only kept a journal for a short period of my life, for a couple of years during my late twenties as I was getting more serious with Barack and contemplating…

How to find your voice

31 questions to ask yourself

Family • Where did your ancestors come from and what challenges • did they face? What kind of childhood did your parents or grandparents have? How was it different from and similar to • your own? Who do you care for in your family? How does that relationship help • define you? How do you celebrate the holidays? What traditions do your family hold dear? • Describe a specific place that holds important meaning to your family. Childhood • Describe your childhood home. What are some of the details that stand out the most? What made your home different to your friends’ homes? • What did you do as a child when school let out for the summer? What activities did you previously pursue but don’t have the time for now? How can you get back into…

31 questions to ask yourself

This is healthy eating

It seems with every passing year that there is new advice about what is healthy to eat, and what is not. Some of this advice comes from well-intentioned but unqualified people promoting the latest ‘fad diet’. These fad diets are usually based on the results of a single research study or a random thought bubble. They might provide some short-term gains but are at best unsustainable, and at worst dangerous to your long-term wellbeing because of restrictions or even elimination of essential food groups. When I think back over the years since I have been writing about health, I can recall literally dozens of these fad diets. Remember these? Atkins, Ketogenic, Israeli Army, Blood Type, Paleo, Raw Food, Cabbage Soup, Alkaline, Zone and South Beach to name a few. The…

This is healthy eating

To eat, or not to eat?

Eggs The controversy: Eggs are high in cholesterol. High cholesterol levels in our blood are a risk factor for heart disease and are often associated with type 2 diabetes. The reality: The cholesterol in eggs has almost no impact on our blood cholesterol levels. The more powerful contributor to high cholesterol is saturated and trans fats from fatty meat, coconut and palm oil, and processed foods like cakes, biscuits and chips. The reward: Eggs are nutritious, inexpensive, versatile, low GI and low in energy. Eating eggs in moderation, even with high cholesterol, is safe. A good guide is The Heart Foundation recommendation of no more than seven whole eggs per week, in combination with a diet high in plant foods. Meat The controversy: Research shows bowel cancer is more common…

To eat, or not to eat?

Plan of a snack

When it comes to munching between meals beware of physical and emotional traps, such as mistaking thirst for hunger, pecking out of boredom, eating out of habit or turning to treats to soothe ourselves. To snack mindfully, nutritionists recommend taking a moment before you eat to consider what your body really needs. Let’s remind ourselves that snacks should be ... 3 HIGH PROTEIN PICKS TO QUELL HUNGER PANGS 60g snack pot hummus with red capsicum sticks = 4.5g protein 170g cup fat-free Greek yoghurt with chopped strawberries = 16.5g protein 50g light cream cheese with sliced cucumber = 5g protein Small. They’re supposed to take the edge off our hunger, not constitute a mini meal. Fresh. Look for healthy versions of your favourite treats, such as bliss balls, low-calorie cookies…

Plan of a snack

Best footing forward

If it had been up to my dad, Peter, he would have spent every New Year’s Eve watching his favourite ice hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens, lose another game. “Played like donkeys, the lot of them,” he’d mutter before heading up the stairs to read the crime novel he got in his Christmas stocking. Unfortunately for him, in those days the quaint custom of First Footing imported from Scotland and Northern England, was still practiced in Canada. “What’s First Footing?” asked Audrey, our eldest grandchild. “It’s when you hop on only one foot! I’m a good hopper! Watch!” said her little sister, Eleanor, bouncing wildly down the hallway, leaving Vegemite fingerprints here and there en route. “First Footing isn’t hopping,” I explained. “It’s an old tradition in some countries. The…

Best footing forward

Hats are a chic and smart way to protect against the sun’s harmful rays.…

SUMMER ESSENTIALS

On the level GET SET FOR POOLSIDE ACTION WITH A SLIDE THAT’S AS GLAMOROUS AS IT IS PRACTICAL. Leather treasures FROM CLASSIC SHAPES TO MODERN TEXTURES, THESE LEATHER GOODS ARE ANYTHING BUT BASIC. STYLIST’S TIP Style your bag with a pair of shoes in a similar colour or texture for a fresh look. Head over heels PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN SANDALS YOU WON’T WANT TO TAKE OFF. STYLIST’S TIP Pair your artsy heel with a bold bag to complete your look.…

SUMMER ESSENTIALS

The festive new collection from jewellery and homewares brand Dinosaur Designs celebrates the colours of summer, with new colours such as melon, guava and honeycomb. Designers Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, who will spend the holidays enjoying time with their families, say of the collection: “This season is about joie de vivre and cheerful enjoyment of life, family, friends and food.” Fashion in the fast lane To celebrate the launch of the all new Hyundai Veloster, Hyundai has teamed up with renowned fashion designer Emma Mulholland, who has created a chic reversible jacket that goes effortlessly from day to night. It’s a characteristic also shared by the Veloster, which goes from daily drive to sleek city style with ease. For details, visit hyundai.com.au Think pink PEER THROUGH ROSE COLOURED GLASSES…

At one time or another, you’ve probably stretched your legs up a wall. Perhaps to quell puffy ankles after a flight, or ease achy calves after a long day. In yoga, this pose is called Viparita Karani – Inverted Lake Pose or Legs Up The Wall (of course). It was believed to be a fountain of youth, and not just for the legs. It feels so good because, as the pressure of gravity disappears, muscles soften and relax. Veins no longer bulge as blood flows back to the heart, and the fluid build-up between tissues drains.. It’s a beautifully simple way to relieve your legs and boost wellbeing. And there are lots of other ways to give your legs some love, too. As well as slashing salt and staying hydrated,…

3 STEP LEG REJUVINATION

Barre footwork to loosen ankles and activate lymph Stand with feet slightly apart and come up onto the balls of the feet, then slowly lower down to the heel. Repeat 10 times then do 10 pulses. Try with feet in a small V, and wide V. Pilates bridge to counteract sitting and hunching Lie on your back with feet flat on the floor. Carefully peel the spine up off the floor, then roll back down. After 8-10, keep hips lifted and do 10 pulses. Roll downs to loosen and relax the legs, hips and spine Stand with feet slightly apart, knees soft. Slowly roll down, taking time to find length and space. Relax for a beat at the bottom, then roll carefully back up. Repeat two or three times.…

3 STEP LEG REJUVINATION

Splash for cash Your swimming can help raise the spirits of some very sick kids this summer. Sign up for the Starlight Children’s Foundation Super Swim challenge, from 26 January to 24 February, and every splash counts. You simply set your distance, gather sponsors, and start swimming. You can take the full month to reach your goal. Every cent helps Starlight support children in hospitals around Australia. Visit Superswim.org.au Friends reboot To protect our hearts, this may be the year to reignite old friendships or even take a housemate. In one study in Heart journal, patients who were lonely had a higher risk of mortality. In another, those who lived alone had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and markers for biological ageing. National Wear Red Day for heart research…

Q My 24-year-old daughter has developed a small, pea-sized lump behind her ear. There’s no change to the skin and it doesn’t seem to bother her apart from wondering if it’s okay or not. What could it be and should she see our GP? K.B., NSW. It is most likely an enlargement of a post-auricular lymph node. This can be in response, for example, to an infection. If it persists longer than a few weeks, or becomes larger or painful, or if she develops other symptoms such as fever, lethargy or earache, she should see her doctor for investigation. Q My five-year-old son has had blood tests that point to slightly low iron as well as thalassemia minor, which his dad also has. What do I need to know to…

Food with heart

COOKBOOK FOR A CAUSE This beautiful book is about food, community and bringing people together around the table to eat and talk. Nutritious recipes it has but Two Good Cookbook also has essays on food memories and the power of food from four of Australia's finest contemporary authors - Charlotte Wood, Markus Zusak, Liane Moriarty and Thomas Keneally. TEST KITCHEN TIP Use whatever vegetables are on hand for the frittata – even roast veggies from the night before. Best to steer clear of purple cabbage as it tends to turn the frittata blue! Yotam Ottolenghi’s chargrilled zucchini and sorrel salad SERVES 4 AS A SIDE VEGETARIAN – GLUTEN FREE 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 40g baby capers, rinsed, drained and patted dry with paper towel 1½ tablespoons pine nuts 5…

Food with heart

25 minute dinners

Loaded avocados with burghul SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES (+ STANDING TIME) ½ cup (80g) coarse burghul 2 large (640g) avocados, halved 3 green onions, chopped coarsely ½ cup small basil leaves 220g bocconcini, torn 125g heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved LEMONY DRESSING ¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 Place burghul in a medium bowl; cover with boiling water and stand for 10 minutes or until grains are swollen and tender. Drain well. 2 LEMONY DRESSING Place ingredients in a screw-top jar; shake well to combine. Season to taste. 3 Remove the stones from the avocado. Using a dessert spoon, scoop large chunks from the flesh of the avocado skin, reserving the avocado shells. 4 Combine burghul, scooped…

25 minute dinners

Rainbow slaw with salmon SERVES 2 PREP AND COOK TIME 30 MINUTES THIS RECIPE IS GLUTEN FREE. THIS RECIPE IS PORTABLE 120g skinless, boneless salmon fillet 140g drained, rinsed canned cannellini beans 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 1 baby (130g) fennel bulb, fronds reserved, sliced thinly 250g vacuum-packed cooked beetroot (beets), drained 2 tablespoons lemon juice 95g gluten-free low-fat high-protein natural yoghurt 2 radishes, sliced thinly 1 medium (120g) carrot, sliced thinly lengthways 1 small (90g) zucchini, shaved lengthways 1 cup (80g) finely shredded red cabbage ¼ cup mint leaves 1 Place salmon, beans, rind and 2 tablespoons chopped fennel fronds in a large bowl; toss to coat. Season to taste with pepper. 2 Heat a medium non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Cook salmon for 2 minutes, turn and…

Revitalising tonics

Pomegranate lemonade MAKES 4 CUPS PREP TIME 5 MINS (+ CHILLING) Place 2 rose lemonade cold water-infused tea bags and 2 cups water in a large jug; stand 10 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add 2 cups sparkling water and 2 tablespoons pomegranate juice. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chilled. Add 2 thinly sliced small lemons. Serve over pomegranate seed ice cubes, or with ice cubes and pomegranate seeds, if you like. NUTRITIONAL COUNT PER 1 CUP (250ML): 0g TOTAL FAT (0g SATURATED FAT); 28kJ (6 CAL); 1.6g CARBOHYDRATE; 0g PROTEIN; 0g FIBRE. Turmeric glow tonic MAKES 4 CUPS PREP TIME 10 MINS (+ CHILLING) Place 4 chamomile tea bags and 1 litre (4 cups) boiling water in a heatproof jug; stand 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add 1 halved vanilla…

Revitalising tonics

Shopping & decoding labels

Servings When comparing products, use the 100g column, as the ‘per serve’ column will send you astray. Even if it’s a similar product, the manufacturer decides how big or small the serve is to seem more appealing. Fibre Fibre will make you feel fuller for longer, help control your blood sugar, manage your cholesterol, reduce your risk of chronic diseases and, of course, keep you regular. Considering most of us aren’t even meeting the recommended 25-30g a day, go ahead, fibre up! Fat When it comes to fats, we’re looking for healthy ones instead of being concerned about the amount. If a product has a high-fat content, check the ingredients to make sure the fats are coming from wholesome sources such as olive oil, nuts, seeds, coconut and butter. Avoid…

Lush fruity desserts

Lime yoghurt gelato with tropical fruit salad SERVES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 45 MINUTES (+ COOLING AND FREEZING TIME) 10 (650g) limes 3 cups (660g) caster sugar 2 sprigs mint 6 fresh kaffir lime leaves 3 cups (840g) Greek-style yoghurt 3 (2kg) small papaya, halved ½ (650g) small rockmelon, seeds removed, cut into thin wedges ¼ (375g) honeydew melon, cut into thin wedges 24 (600g) fresh lychees, peeled 2 teaspoons rosewater 1 Remove rind from 1 of the limes with a zesting tool. Juice all of the limes; you will need 2/3 cup (160ml) juice. 2 Place sugar, 2 cups (500ml) water, mint, 4 of the lime leaves and lime rind in a medium heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve sugar; simmer for…

Lush fruity desserts

Delish dumplings MasterChef Australia 2017 winner, Diana Chan, is all set to tantalise your tastebuds with a new food show, Asia Unplated, airing on SBS Food, and her range of Australian-made dumplings from Golden Wok. These tasty morsels are your secret hack when entertaining, as all the prep is done and cooking them is super easy. Just add a spicy dipping sauce! Available in the freezer aisle of most supermarkets. Chef-style cooking at home One of the biggest trends in food is the use of quality freeze-dried fruits and intense flavoured powders to add that extra spark to dishes. Top end Australian restaurants including Quay, Brae and Attica are creating amazing dishes using Fresh As freeze-dried fruits. To learn more, go to fresh-as.com. Seafood school turns 30 Sydney Seafood School,…

With water restrictions affecting many of our gardens, a switch to natives – which have evolved through droughts, pests and disease – makes sense. But there are a few maintenance myths you’ll need to bust first in order to get the best out of your Australian native garden. In their new book, The Waterwise Australian Native Garden, Angus Stewart and AB Bishop reveal the tricks to blooming native success. Maintenance myth 1: NATIVE PLANTS DON’T NEED WATER It’s true Australian native plants have evolved to withstand long dry spells and, once established, many can survive quite happily without any additional water. However, most native plants you purchase will have been grown in wholesale nurseries, where daily watering occurs. Once planted in your garden, they need to be gradually weaned off…

READER’S PRIZE HINT Before poaching or frying eggs, put them in hot water for a couple of minutes before cracking them. This way they won’t spread too much and will maintain a good shape when cooked. D. Bowden, Rosebud, Vic. Extra marks Before throwing out an ‘empty’ marker pen or highlighter, soak the tip in methylated spirits until a little ink appears in the solution. Often, the tip has simply dried out while there’s still ink in the pen. Store pens tip down. Double duty Natural leather chamois makes a long lasting and inexpensive cleaning cloth for your phone screen – just cut a small piece and keep it in your phone case. Simple solution To remove dried blood from a dry-clean only mattress topper, mix 1 tablespoon cornflour, 1…

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Q: After a craft day at vacation care, my daughter has quite a lot of dried plaster of Paris on her cotton T-shirt. Can it be removed? C. Russell, Fitzroy, Vic. A: Break up any large bits by hitting them with a hammer and brushing away the resultant powder. Dab or soak the residue with a solution of vinegar and water until it dissolves, then wash as normal. SHARE your DOMESTIC SECRETS Send your handy hints or questions to: Home Hints, The Australian Women’s Weekly, GPO Box 4178, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email openline@ bauermedia.com.au. We pay $75 for the reader’s prize hint each month.…

THE Reading room

Social commentary Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Bloomsbury It’s 10.51pm on Friday night and Emira is with her girlfriends, celebrating Shaunie’s 26th birthday when she receives a bizarre phone call. Her boss, Mrs Chamberlain, needs Emira to collect her almost-three-year-old daughter and take her “to the grocery store for a bit”. Emira is the babysitter for Alix and Peter Chamberlain’s two children. She doesn’t work enough hours to qualify as a nanny which would come with health insurance, holiday and sickness benefit, and yet her employer still feels it’s appropriate to call her at this hour. Emira explains she’s had a couple of drinks and is in heels and a “bodycon” dress, but Mrs Chamberlain sounds desperate and besides, Emira could do with the cash and Briar is…

THE Reading room

About the author

There’s a buzz around 32-year-old Kiley Reid, which started when 10 publishers bid for this, her debut novel, and exploded when film rights were snapped up before the book was even published. “I’ve always loved film, almost as much as novels, and I’m excited to see elements of this story that the film version can achieve that I potentially couldn’t on the page,” she tells The Weekly over coffee in Sydney. Kiley grew up in Arizona where her childhood was filled with “reading, writing, and an obsession with storytelling.” She is an award-winning short story writer and graduate of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop.…

About the author

Literary reads Crossings by Alex Landragin, Pan Macmillan A wealthy bibliophile brings a treasured manuscript to her Paris binder. The pages are creased, yellowed and pungent with the nutty aroma “that old paper exhales as it decays”, and underneath the title is a jumble of figures. It is an alternative page sequence: the book can be read as three stories or as one novel. In the first story, Laudanum-addicted poet Charles Baudelaire meets a woman who says she was once his lover. She offers to find him the youthful body of a literary talent to cross into. If you start on page 150, “the end of the story” you meet a Jewish escapee writing a novel as Nazis burn books. While story two, The City of Ghosts, is a dark…

3+ A FLAIR FOR HAIR by Bilyana Di Costanzo, illustrated by Mauro Di Costanzo, New Holland A big bun is always fun,” says Poodle, while Lion prefers curling tongs for his mane and Giraffe opts for a buzz cut. When Pig has a bald patch she gets to wear a pearl encrusted wig. Proceeds go to help the Starlight Foundation. 5+ MADAME BADOBEDAH by Sophie Dahl, Walker Books Granddaughter of Roald has inherited the storytelling genes. Eccentric Madame B books into the Mermaid Hotel on the English coast where little Mabel’s mum is boss. Mabel is suspicious of the decadent dame but a gorgeous friendship develops. 8-12 THROUGH THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, DK, Penguin Elegant journey around the world – from the frozen north of the Arctic, to…

Kimberley calling

“Ready for take-off ? ” asks my pilot. I give a thumbs up, and the blades spin to life with a ‘wump, wump, wump’ that I can feel through my body. A small plume of dust dances around us before we rise up from the arid savannah, tracking towards the Bungle Bungle Range. Within a minute I’m leaning out the open side of the chopper snapping photos of gorges and weathered rocky outcrops, compulsively checking my seatbelt as we bank over sacred indigenous lands bordering the Tanami Desert. Finally, we’re flying over the famous beehive-shaped karsts, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed landscape. This iconic Kimberley scene is unlike anything I’ve seen before. The helicopter action takes place in Purnululu National Park, Western Australia, as part of a guided four-wheel drive bus…

Kimberley calling

Back to the’ 20s

Back in the early 1900s, the Hydro Majestic Hotel, at Medlow Bath in the NSW Blue Mountains, was the place to be seen. By all accounts wealthy wild child owner Mark Foy loved a decadent Gatsby-esque party with lavish entertainment and great feasts, and guests converged on the hotel ready to indulge. It seems fitting then that the heritage-listed Hydro hosts an annual naughty knees-up, the Roaring ’20s Festival. And 2020 is set to be the family-friendly event’s biggest year yet, as we re-enter the ’20s once more. It’s always quite an experience to take in the fashions, vintage cars and music of the era against the backdrop of the historic hotel. The celebration will include the Charleston for Charity dance, a community event where an energetic troupe of swing…

Back to the’ 20s

A plan of action

They say nothing is certain but death and taxes yet both are topics we’d rather avoid. So it’s easy to see why we put off estate planning, which involves both. But avoiding this important task can have dire consequences for loved ones left behind. If you don’t leave clear instructions, your family can face hefty delays, or may be denied the wealth and property rightfully theirs. Laura Baker, Senior Financial Planner, Commonwealth Financial Planning, reveals how to make the process as simple and stress-free as possible. Step 1: Make your wishes known The starting point for estate planning is thinking about exactly how you want your estate divided and who you would like to appoint as executor. Then be sure to let that person know. “They could get quite…

A plan of action

Capricorn DEC 22-JAN 20 With Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and the sun in your sign setting this month’s table for a feast of Capricorn splendour, the new decade couldn’t offer you a warmer welcome. Yes, mid-January’s Saturn/Pluto conjunction could have widespread consequences, but auspicious, optimistic Jupiter is spending the whole year activating those higher-octave Capricorn qualities the world is presently so much in need of: integrity, responsible leadership and longterm vision. On a personal, everyday level this could look like understanding the larger drama in which we all play our parts, and trusting the strength of invisible but substantial energies such as friendship, empathy and justice. Aquarius JAN 21-FEB 19 New Year resolutions are part of our genetic inheritance – who doesn’t love a fresh start? January’s planetary configuration for…

Open mic WITH Claire Hooper

In 2019 my kid started school, but I learned more lessons than she did. I’d heard prep was a big adjustment – that she would be tired and overwhelmed, learning new skills and making new friends – so we needed to cancel all extracurricular activities and take things gently. The advice was for her but it could’ve been for me too. So I cancelled the kid’s ballet classes, and in a wildly out-of-character move, I declined a big work project that would have stretched over most of Term One. The idea of turning down work has always terrified me. If I’m honest, it’s probably less about the lost pay cheque and more the fear that I might enjoy the time off too much. I mean, how do I know who…

Open mic WITH Claire Hooper

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