Holding tight, heroes…and helping
This past week in Australia has been devastating. The effects of the firestorms and floods have been widespread and earth-shattering. Even those, like us, who are safely out of harm’s way, feel the reverberating pain of these tragedies – estimates…
Little pecks of powder…
My daughter is a contrast of traits, a kaleidescope of girly girl and rough-and-tumble and feisty and sweet.. For instance, she adores makeup. Which is a bit strange, because I wear minimal colour on my face. And yet, she is…
Cool relief…
It’s been pretty hard not to focus on the horrendous toll that bushfires have taken on Australia lately – and I realise my last couple of posts have been (necessarily) a bit hot and heavy… you’d be forgiven for thinking…
Damnation…
When I tapped out yesterday’s post asking y’all to keep in mind the terrible conditions in the south of our great nation, I had no idea of the enormity of what was happening. Of what would happen. No idea at…
Hellfire…
My thoughts tonight are with Gem and all those experiencing horrendous temperatures (I have heard reports of almost 50 degree Celsius) and terrible bushfires down in the southern part of this country: New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. To…
School blues…
Last week was back-to-school time for Dash. It’s been a less than ideal lead-up to this annual event, with some big news the previous week that his main buddy, Mada and his family were leaving the district. The full effect…
Amphibian Graffiti
I love nice cars. In another life, I might have been a bit of a rev head. I love the latest Land Cruisers and Lexus and Audi convertibles, as a girl I had posters of Lamborghinis plastered on my bedroom…
Meltdowns and more excuses
I am not sure if you have noticed, but I have been a bit, er, distracted for the past couple of weeks. Sure, I am still coming down from my Christmas loaves-and-fishes effort, the whole back-to-school thing is all over…