Last Night I Saw Napoleon and Today I'm Boycotting Coles and Woolworths

naomilisashippen

Dec 3
2 min

Last Night I Saw Napoleon and Today I'm Boycotting Coles and Woolworths

Last night I went to see Napoleon by Ridley Scott and I couldn’t help being struck by the similarities with today. In the opening scenes,...

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How Energy Healing Helped Me Achieve My Writing Dreams

naomilisashippen

Sep 12
4 min

How Energy Healing Helped Me Achieve My Writing Dreams

This year, at the age of fifty-six, I achieved my lifelong ambition of becoming a published author. The reason it has taken me so long is...

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Finding a Home in the Rental Crisis: My Year Long Search

naomilisashippen

Aug 6
5 min

Finding a Home in the Rental Crisis: My Year Long Search

The pandemic was a boon for renters. With the mass exodus leaving the country and young people moving back to the family home there was a...

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On Debuting After 50 - Guest Post on Word Mothers

naomilisashippen

May 21
4 min

On Debuting After 50 - Guest Post on Word Mothers

Word Mothers is a website dedicated to women writers, and I am honoured to have my Guest Post, On Debuting After 50, featured on their...

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Another COVID Break Up - oranges journal, June 2022

naomilisashippen

Sep 22, 2022
1 min

Another COVID Break Up - oranges journal, June 2022

Women over 50 are amongst the fastest growing cohort of the homeless, and when COVID hit, I thought I would be one of them. Follow the...

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The Holiday is Over But the Journey Has Just Begun.

naomilisashippen

Jun 28, 2022
4 min

The Holiday is Over But the Journey Has Just Begun.

March 2021 This time last year, my then husband and I set off on a trip to Japan. It was March 13th, 2020, and there was talk of shutting...

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naomilisashippen

Jun 27, 2022
4 min

Writer in Motion

November 2019 A few years ago, I participated in the Writer in Motion Blog Project. Over the course of a month, writers worked together...

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Life in the Time of Corona

In 2020 I was thrilled to have several of my short stories included in this eclectic anthology, published during the first wave of the pandemic. From a tech billionaire, to an Uber driver to child stuck at home on school holidays, "Life in the Time of Corona" explores how everyone has been touched by the global pandemic.

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