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These precious days
Posted on April 24, 2022 | No CommentsWarning – this contains discussion of suicide. ‘These precious days’ is the name of a book of short stories that I decadently splashed out on from a lovely bookshop by […] -
On the move
Posted on March 27, 2022 | No CommentsWe have been sorting and packing with increasing intensity over recent weeks, leading up to spending nearly all of the productive parts of the days sorting and packing this weekend. […] -
New beginnings
Posted on February 27, 2022 | No CommentsI got a call from Duncan yesterday to say that his and Becky’s baby has been born! A very cuddly, peaceful-looking, good sized boy. The girls are overjoyed. When asked […] -
Sadness and joy
Posted on December 25, 2021 | No CommentsThe end of a strange year of restrictions for a couple of months, busy at work, wet weather, a quick trip by plane to Melbourne for niece Ellie’s 21st, I […] -
Further afield
Posted on October 31, 2021 | No CommentsThis weekend things have opened out, and we made the most of it. With our town’s vaccination rate at over 90% for two doses and 95% for one, we are […] -
Family, food and flowers
Posted on September 26, 2021 | No CommentsIt’s the sixth week of quarantine/ lockdown. It’s been a good distraction to be so busy at work. The girls have enjoyed the relaxed timeframes with just a zoom lesson […] -
Quarantine diary
Posted on August 29, 2021 | No CommentsWe had one day at Thredbo of our planned five, and then had to return home because there had been a COVID case in our town so Thredbo didn’t want […] -
Tokyo 2020
Posted on July 25, 2021 | No CommentsMiddle of winter, bleak and cold: the daytime temperature here has ranged from 6 to 11 degrees. Tokyo 2020 is a welcome distraction from the cold, the grind and the […] -
Year Five Camp
Posted on June 26, 2021 | No CommentsThis year, the girls’ birthday coincided with the first day of their school camp. Rhea: When we went to camp, we went on a bus for three and a half […] -
Domestic work and play
Posted on May 30, 2021 | No CommentsPerhaps partly in response to the uncontrollable sneezing I’ve had for a couple of months, and partly because I got up to the next book in my pile, Marie Condo’s […]