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Hettie Ashwin

Slippery Grip: Irresponsible parents
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Slippery Grip: Stay-at-home 30 somethings
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Slippery Grip: Stay-at-home 30 somethings

Slippery Grip: Stay-at-home 30 somethings

Statistically speaking, baby boomers have a 1 in 4 chance of being empty nesters. The other three are still working on it!
Slippery Grip: The dreaded lurgie
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Slippery Grip: The dreaded lurgie

Slippery Grip: The dreaded lurgie

There is something about getting a cold or the flu that always takes me by surprise.
Slippery Grip: How to win an argument!
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Slippery Grip: How to win an argument!

Slippery Grip: How to win an argument!

First I should point out that the woman is always right, even when she is wrong, and this premise comes from 30 odd years of matrimonial bliss.
Slippery Grip: Relaxation at a price!
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Slippery Grip: Relaxation at a price!

Slippery Grip: Relaxation at a price!

There was a time when pampering yourself meant cutting your toe nail in front of the tele. Beauty therapies were for that special date, a wedding or a graduation.
I made a pact never to interfere, but I am worried for my grandchild’s health
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I made a pact never to interfere, but I am worried for my grandchild’s health

I made a pact never to interfere, but I am worried for my grandchild’s health

Alarm bells are ringing all around the Western world as type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise. I know all this and yet I hesitate to point out the obvious to my daughter.
Hettie Ashwin

Hettie Ashwin

Hettie is an author whose short stories have been published in America, United Kingdom and Australia in magazines and online. She has published a number of books over the years, all of which have been successful here and overseas. She writes a humorous column for the Port Douglas and Mossman Gazette called Slippery Grip.
Slippery Grip: I’m trying hard to have willpower at Easter
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Slippery Grip: I’m trying hard to have willpower at Easter

Slippery Grip: I’m trying hard to have willpower at Easter

Easter's here and it can be a time when we get too far in over our heads with chocolate!
Slippery Grip: Writer branding
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Slippery Grip: Writer branding

Slippery Grip: Writer branding

Hettie thought she had it all down but a recent survey she did said she needed to be branded!
Slippery Grip: I shouldn’t be allowed to text!
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Slippery Grip: I shouldn’t be allowed to text!

Slippery Grip: I shouldn’t be allowed to text!

Hettie was hoping to surprise her husband with a raunchy text but there was a bit of a miscommunication....
Slippery Grip: Returned to sender
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Slippery Grip: Returned to sender

Slippery Grip: Returned to sender

Hettie recently went to the post office to send something but it didn't go exactly as planned...
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