Margaret Mackie: Teacher Extraordinaire Yesterday was International Women's Day. I was asked to commemorate a woman who had had a huge impact on me and my career. Although there were [...]
First Published in Crows' Feet publication on Medium.com What if I told you that life gets better as you age? So I’m talking about myself, right? My situation is [...]
First published in the publication, Know Thyself/Heal Thyself (KTHT) on Medium.com, 30 January 2026. It was like a death in the family. If I’d been Jewish, we’d have sat Shiva [...]
Author's Note: This piece is loosely based on my husband’s childhood spent in Bondi, imagining him as a man trying to make up for past struggles, after having lost his [...]
Cosmic Shifts as I Age Author's Note: This is a Memoir piece written in the First Person. This style of writing was made famous by Truman Capote's true crime novel, [...]
It was autumn in Sydney, her favourite season when the blue was at its bluest and wrapped the sky in a shiny package like a Christmas present waiting under [...]
This is a story about a mysterious German immigrant to Australia, who almost certainly had Semitic ancestors. I have always felt a strong pull towards the Jewish persona, and I [...]
This piece is loosely based on my husband’s life, as a child spent in the Sydney suburb of Bondi, and as a man trying to make up for past lacunae. [...]
My Story I've always been afraid of things. Psychologists in this country use cognitive behaviour techniques (CBT) on people like me. This involves teaching you how to change thoughts, to [...]
This is a short story expressing contrasts between two cultures and the beauty and awe associated with the new one.
