Author Archive for julie
Julie Power is a writer and editor with experience in both the United States and Australia. After living in the United States for 16 years, she recently returned to live in Sydney with her husband and twin boys (9 years old). Follow @juliepower
Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?
This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the family, [...]
Tales from the Land of the Demented
My mother cuts through the water without a splash. She manages about 400 metres of evenly-paced freestyle before she stops and grins at me, panting behind her. Even in her demented state, Mum can out-swim her daughter. It still gives her pleasure.
Ugg-ly Winters in Australia
Winter in Sydney means getting warmly dressed before you go inside on a mild winter’s day. You don’t get undressed at bedtime, you get re-dressed.
News flash: Killer Lurks in Aussie Shopping Centres
Moving is a liberating bitch. You lose so much, you gain a lot. After 16 years of living in the USA, we moved back to Australia nearly four months ago. During Blogher’s month of blogging, I’m going to post every day on the theme, “What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, ” a light-hearted account of [...]
Yes, we have no bananas
Moving is a liberating bitch. You lose so much, you gain a lot. After 16 years of living in the USA, we moved back to Australia (where we were both born, raised, educated, worked, etc.) nearly four months ago. During Blogher’s month of blogging, I’m going to try to post every day on the [...]
Help Wanted: Need Memorable Email for Job Search
What email address is right for my job search? JuliePower589@gmail.com didn’t sound memorable enough for my newly-updated resume or job application. I’ve seen folks use email addresses and handles like fabcookandmotherroftwins@gmail.com and SexyLongLegs@Hotmail.com for job applications or on LinkedIn, but call me old fashioned, but it doesn’t seem professional enough to me … If I [...]
No more swearing at bedtime (or the benefits of sport for young boys)
Last night, I read to my kids, kissed them goodnight, turned off the light, and guess what? Miracle of miracles, they went to sleep. For the nine years of our twins’ lives, bedtime has been something that we’ve often dreaded and delayed just to put off the kids’ delaying tactics (how pathetic is that?). The [...]
Women still earn less despite other gains, says White House report
photo credit: imperiousimages The report, Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, released yesterday, is said by the White House to be the most comprehensive report on the state of women in 50 years. There is nothing surprising really in the report. Most of us know the data. What is surprising, shocking and [...]
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The next Survivor Series?
photo credit: m.gifford Just got an e-mail suggesting this idea for a new NBC Survivor show … Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and take either music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each [...]
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