Tamara BarlevFinding KonMariTowards the beginning of 2016 I was sitting at one of the tables at Gertrude & Alice, a niche bookshop a 5-minute walk from Sydney’s iconic…Oct 28, 2022Oct 28, 2022
Tamara BarlevSix-Figure Googling SkillsMy son says he has six-figure googling skills. He says they pay him not for what he learned in university, but because whatever they put to…Oct 28, 2022Oct 28, 2022
Tamara BarlevThe Home-Greenhouse EffectHaving the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up make its way into my living room, like an origami paper plane, expertly folded and delicately…Oct 6, 20221Oct 6, 20221
Tamara BarlevDis-Em-BedI am told ‘disembed’ is The Word in the higher levels of HSC English. (The Higher School Certificate is the Australian equivalent of the…Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022
Tamara BarlevUnattachedThis business of being unattached calls for reflection. In a life-partnership sense, I am technically unattached — almost. I am certainly…Jul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022
Tamara BarlevThe Little Old CarFor a long time I had felt the ache of having KonMaried The Little Old Car. Secure that any time you want a Golden Book they are available…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
Tamara BarlevHow Do You Know When You Have Finished Therapy?One lens through which we can view the completion of the therapeutic process is when you are able to be present in the moment without being…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
Tamara BarlevStorytimeI just read Storytime, by Jane Sullivan, who, as a literary critic in her seventies, felt a need to go back and reflect on the books that…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
