Attachment theory for beginners

We were off to a post lockdown party at a park in downtown Melbourne. I really didn’t know anyone except our hosts, and so, I took the initiative and introduced myself to a man who was sitting next me in a camp chair. I asked him what he did for a living, and he told me […]

Word tourist

To select words for The Newcomer’s Dictionary, I became a word tourist. That is to say, I would visit a word and delve into its meaning and history in order to decide whether it should be included. Words that I considered distinguished runner-ups include: alien, baggage, distance, émigré, home, homesteading, relocate, settler, tourist, transient, transplant, wanderlust and […]