Author Archives: Felicity Banks Books

Need I say more? (I should explain the “suck on this” is a TV poster.)

I feel rubbish today. May as well make a party of it – like so: And now, high on sugar, colourings, chocolate, and alcohol – I’m gonna go do some writing. PS For those who are wondering, “Tema” is a brand of halva/halawa – a very sweet Middle Eastern substance that is popular around theContinue reading “Celebrate your bad mood”

Check this out. It’s called dragonfruit. Raargh! I ate some for the first time last Thursday. It’s about the size of an apple, with a faint sweet smell. I had absolutely no idea what I’d find when I opened it up. Most grocery stores stock it some of the time. On the inside it has aContinue reading “World’s most awesomest fruit?”

And then I decided to invite myself over to my parents’ place for dinner, since we were bringing them so much gluten-free loot anyway. (By “us” I mean CJ and I and Ben.) It turned out my parentals were hosting a birthday party that night for someone I’ve met once and Ben and CJ haveContinue reading “An Adventure Part 3”

The fete we went to had a bungee trampoline, TWO jumping castles (none of which we were allowed on – phooey!), lucky dip, a huge shed of abandoned books, a reptile enclosure, and a petting zoo. It was awesomes. So soft! Ducks! There were also black sheep, chickens, and a goat. In short, everything aContinue reading “An Adventure Part 2”

Last Saturday was looking good. CJ and I were going to see “Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader” at the ANU Film Club (which shows free movies once you pay a certain amount). But due to issues with the distributor, it was moved to Sunday 10 April. That left Saturday a pristine empty space inContinue reading “An Adventure – Part 1”

I received a message from the buyer of the black diamond this morning. . . it turns out the crime was a crime of customer service, rather than fraud or theft or forgery. The ground-level postman forgot to leave a “pick up your parcel” slip at the buyer’s house (two weeks ago). The customer serviceContinue reading “The black diamond mystery. . . solved!”

I made the decision while driving to the pool. The road in front of me was a grey haze, and cars and trees and pedestrians were blurry blobs. Yep, it was time to see my optometrist. I’ve worn contact lenses for years, but the specific type I use stopped getting made late last year, soContinue reading “Medical Mystery”

Yep, that’s right – my life is either a spy thriller or a heist movie. I mentioned at http://shootingthrough.net/2011/03/22/307-ebay-fu/ that I’d sold my $2400 black diamond ring on ebay. I have been paid in full and thus posted it off long ago – and I have proof, too (which is suddenly very important). More importantly for the buyer,Continue reading “The Black Diamond has been Stolen”

During the first year of my marriage to CJ, flushed with the joy of planning charming traditions to share, I bought a tiny conifer (10cm high) in a pot, believing it would grow bit by bit over the years as a sweet metaphor for the growth of our love. It died. Horribly. This year, IContinue reading “Buy a live Christmas tree”

There is traditional Australian food that goes back hundreds of years – but other than macadamia nuts and perhaps witchety grubs, most modern Australians don’t know what it is. We do have lamb (cue hundreds of sheep jokes), vegemite (blurk), pavlova (yay – but technically a New Zealand dish) and barbeques. On Sunday CJ andContinue reading “Traditional Australian Food”