R U OK? Make your question count
Today is R U OK? Day and if it goes to plan, you should be pretty sick of people asking you that by the end of the day. But seriously, make your R U OK? question count. I say this because I […]
Articles by Carmel Elliot
What the Spice Girls taught a new generation
(Pictured, left to right: Taryn Brumfitt, Emma Watson, Professor Adele Green, Malala Yousafzai, Helen Reddy, Dame Quentin Bryce, Delta Goodrem). You might want to sit down when I break this to you … it’s been twenty years since five young British girls […]
Going Home by Carmel Elliot
Carmel ElliotCarmel Elliot is a part-time Brisbane events organiser, mother of two grown men and grandmother of two girls and a boy. When she’s not working or babysitting, she likes to paint in oils, but obviously that doesn’t happen very often. by
Starting over by Carmel Elliot
Carmel ElliotCarmel Elliot is a part-time Brisbane events organiser, mother of two grown men and grandmother of two girls and a boy. When she’s not working or babysitting, she likes to paint in oils, but obviously that doesn’t happen very often. by
My signature perfume scent
When asked what she wore to bed, actress and model, Marilyn Monroe, answered: “What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.” Which begs the question, have you got a signature scent? When I was 16, my first part-time […]
A clairvoyant told me my fiancé was not the one
An unfortunate thing happened before I got married… I had my cards and palm read by a clairvoyant. Let me just say upfront that I’m not in the practice of visiting clairvoyants—sure I’ve been to the occasional one when I was a […]
Kendall Jenner’s ‘naked-on-a-horse’ pic sent me spiralling
I had an epiphany—two actually—after I saw the photo Kendall Jenner posted naked on a horse. The Twitterverse went into a spin thinking it was Kendall naked, but not so; it was French beauty Elisa Meliani. Only two days ago I had […]