Here we are, in term four, on the home stretch before holidays. And here, above, are the kids’ school shoes. Ratty, dirty and almost worn through. A remarkable feat when you think back and realise that they have lasted the entire year. They were bought in Hong Kong while we were there in January. Riley…
I took the above photo yesterday, just after hanging out the clothes. Look at that sky! You can almost feel the warmth, the scent of wattle in the air. It was also a public holiday for us Victorians, even better, thanks to a certain horse race. We were out in the garage doing a family…
Before Adam and I moved to Melbourne from Sydney, we were looking at buying on the central coast. After moving, it took us a while to really get our bearings in this new city. While other friends and peers were using their early twenties to travel overseas, we were the first couple to buy a…
Today is a day of spooks and thrills, donning the garb and physicality of many creatures one would not ordinarily want to meet. It is a thinning of the veil between worlds, a mark of respect to the dead and celebration of the fact we are not yet among their number. To the kids, it’s…
Read / October 29th, 2013
Hello! I’ve popped back in today to do my regular reading feature, because I can’t help myself. Will be back in proper capacity soon x I knew the title A Young Doctor’s Notebook was familiar, and not just because it was written by Bulgakov, whose The Master and Margarita I really enjoyed, but also because…
{I know I’m on a blog break at the moment but I think this is cool so thought I’d post about it. Also, I wrote 1700 words today, so I’m happy about that and considering this a reward.} I saw this being advertised on the television on the weekend. Air New Zealand have partnered with…
Okay, so here’s the situation. (Not that it’s really a ‘situation’, a term loaded with spy-like urgency, implying something is more dire than what first appear.) Following on from my post on Wednesday, I’m going to step away from the blog for a tiny while. Let’s call it a spring break. One week, possibly two,…
On a return flight to Melbourne from Sydney yesterday I was seated next to a woman who, as it became abundantly clear once the plane began to accelerate up the runway, had a very big problem flying. She was next to the window and as the plane took off over that beautiful city, bathed in…
In reverse order: 6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone It goes to show the bounty and generosity of Rowling’s imagination (not to mention skill) that she can make room in her epic fantastical world for the Hogwarts annual Hallowe’en Feast, such as she does in this book (and a couple of the others). If…
