Miriam Strickland found her research subject close to home.

Forget cheap air tickets and long queues. One of Miriam Strickland’s favourite destinations, Mt Worth State Park, is just down the road and over the hill.

It took a while to filter through but Miriam Strickland is grateful for what she learned during her Covid year.

Miriam Strickland decides it’s time to give her mother a more fitting farewell than the stiff and truncated funeral that marked her death.

When the lockdown throws a spanner into her mental works, Miriam Strickland tries a new approach.

Miriam Strickland embraces the randomness of the list.

As she celebrates her 20th anniversary, Miriam Strickland reflects on what makes a relationship work.

Know the job so well you could do it in your sleep? Miriam Strickland knew it was time to move on.

First there was Dad. Then the kids turned up. Finally Mum arrived. Miriam Strickland is privileged to have been adopted by a family of magpies.

Miriam Strickland feels a little nervous as she prepares to introduce her New York cousin to the Australian side of her family.

When someone asked Miriam Strickland if she was a Wonthaggi local, she had to stop and think.

Miriam Strickland finds herself seduced by a book of sudoku puzzles.

A busy life can be invigorating, writes Miriam Strickland, but it depends on your attitude

Miriam Strickland muses on the mysterious bond between siblings.

Miriam Strickland continues her tribute to the cheap and tasty legume, with a recipe for Tunisian breakfast soup that’s delicious at any time.

Legumes are a great source of protein, filling but low in calories, yet many of us fear them. Miriam Strickland addresses the fart factor.

Miriam Strickland finds herself dropping the B-word.

Feeling hungry? Your gut could thank you for it, writes Miriam Strickland.

A bad back reminds Miriam Strickland to slow down and smell the roses.

Miriam Strickland asks why we’re getting fatter in spite of so much good advice.