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Two lunches and a dinner
Posted on April 25, 2021 | No CommentsWe had two good lunches and an impressive dinner this month. The first lunch was in regional Victoria: a restaurant called Brae, which featured fresh produce grown on site, seasonal […] -
March
Posted on March 28, 2021 | No CommentsThe mood is changing around the country, and following on from the international and national Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements, what has been acceptable or hidden now is […] -
Busying ourselves at season’s end
Posted on February 28, 2021 | No CommentsSummer is ending. This weekend there was a burst of warmth, perhaps the last one. The girls and I had brunch with Helen and Sophia, now aged two with beautiful […] -
Adventures in suburbia
Posted on November 29, 2020 | No CommentsI like sleeping with one of the smaller humans. One sleeps in a big room with a fluffy rug and a tunnel in it on top of my pink chair, […] -
Star gazing
Posted on October 25, 2020 | No CommentsA quick look back as we head down the home straight of the year. Despite my weariness, I only took one day off during these recent school holidays, but we […] -
Freedom
Posted on September 27, 2020 | No CommentsI’m not sure what prompted me to ask my friend if I could borrow her book, Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor, about taking control over your household budget, but I […] -
Skiing interlude
Posted on August 30, 2020 | No CommentsLucky us, we managed to get away for a couple of days – weekdays! – to the snow. We stayed at a lovely freestanding ‘eco lodge’ just outside of Thredbo’, […] -
Night and Day
Posted on July 26, 2020 | No CommentsHolidays. As Leigh Sales also mentioned that she was feeling in her latest podcast, I was really hanging out for them. We had planned our decompression in three chapters: a […] -
Ten
Posted on June 28, 2020 | No CommentsThe month of the girls’ tenth birthday is drawing to a close, and with it the weeks of its celebration, like an Indian wedding. Rhea was thoughtful about the milestone, […] -
May meanderings
Posted on May 31, 2020 | No CommentsIt was an unusual Mothers’ Day this year. We usually go out for lunch with all of my siblings who are around and our parents and children. There was none […]