![I have been enjoying a couple of new podcasts recently. The first is called Read This, with interviews of writers, many of them Australian. The second is Wiser than Me […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_9245-640x250.jpg "Listening to them")
![Steve’s 60th was months in the making: his family and I took about 50 text messages to find a weekend that everyone was able to travel up and surprise him; […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PHOTO-2024-09-01-21-41-07-640x250.jpg "Sixty")
![Before I start a six-month secondment, I’ve had a break from work for three-and-a-half weeks. I started with four days in Noosa enjoying the beach, restaurants, company of my parents, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_9119-3-476x250.jpg "Winterlude")
![These school holidays, towards the end of our two-week stay with Steve’s mum in Melbourne, we had a night with Jessie at her acre block just outside Warragul. We hadn’t […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8946-1-455x250.jpg "Family and community")
![In the depths of winter, the girls had their individual sleepover birthday parties, sandwiched by the family afternoon tea. The organizing and catering were less demanding for me given […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rocks-Lara-E-K-IMG_8902-469x250.jpg "Covering some ground")
![Just two weeks after having been there for our holiday, we drove to Melbourne for the weekend for Jarrah (my first cousin once removed) and his fiancé’ Chelsea’s engagement party/ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8809-2.jpg "Engaged")
![After our family pilgrimage to dad’s hometown of Ballarat in 2019, we all first planned to visit mum’s childhood hometown of Sea Lake back in 2020, and then 2021 and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_8650-McLennan-sign-640x250.jpg "Back to Sea Lake")
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![After almost three years away, we went to Depot beach for a weekend. Fish and chips at Batemans’ Bay: cooked prawns and aioli, calamari, lemon wedges, chips, and grilled and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_7989-1-115x115.jpg "Reset")
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Posted on November 26, 2023 | 1 CommentAfter almost three years away, we went to Depot beach for a weekend. Fish and chips at Batemans’ Bay: cooked prawns and aioli, calamari, lemon wedges, chips, and grilled and […] -
![After a week of silence and withdrawal, my heart heavy, sadness for our country was punctuated by a tiny sliver of distraction: news that Paul McCartney is in Australia, that […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_7960-115x115.jpg "Imagine")
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Posted on October 29, 2023 | No CommentsAfter a week of silence and withdrawal, my heart heavy, sadness for our country was punctuated by a tiny sliver of distraction: news that Paul McCartney is in Australia, that […] -
![As Patrick Dodson has written, our nation will soon be tested as to whether we believe in a fair go for our Frist Australians. Each one of us is being […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Uluru-Statement-115x115.jpg "Respect")
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Posted on September 24, 2023 | No CommentsAs Patrick Dodson has written, our nation will soon be tested as to whether we believe in a fair go for our Frist Australians. Each one of us is being […] -
![We all had a lovely weekend away in Sydney with Steve’s aunt and partner a few weeks ago, swapping our Australian Chamber Orchestra ticket for the Sydney performance and bringing […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mary-fowler-sam-kerr-caitlin-foord-and-steph-catley-of-australia-celebrate-the-teams-victory-115x115.jpg "Sharing the exuberance")
Sharing the exuberance
Posted on August 27, 2023 | No CommentsWe all had a lovely weekend away in Sydney with Steve’s aunt and partner a few weeks ago, swapping our Australian Chamber Orchestra ticket for the Sydney performance and bringing […] -
![We all had a lovely time in Melbourne. Steve and I took it in turns to work remotely for a week each, and we stayed with Steve’s mum who kindly […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Podcasts-2-IMG_7808-115x115.png "Consuming conversations and music")
Consuming conversations and music
Posted on July 30, 2023 | No CommentsWe all had a lovely time in Melbourne. Steve and I took it in turns to work remotely for a week each, and we stayed with Steve’s mum who kindly […] -
![Officially teenagers! This June, the girls’ birthday was marked, cheered, noticed and celebrated by clusters of friends and family. First the birthday phone calls from Steve’s family interstate. They had […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_7737-13-115x115.jpg "Teenagers")
Teenagers
Posted on June 24, 2023 | No CommentsOfficially teenagers! This June, the girls’ birthday was marked, cheered, noticed and celebrated by clusters of friends and family. First the birthday phone calls from Steve’s family interstate. They had […] -
![The new kitchen is taking shape: we have filled the shelves with all our sauces, tins, salts and peppers, oils, spirits and vinegars. The Moroccan tiles are laid, the blackbut […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_7678-kitchen-May-2023-115x115.jpg "Industrious")
Industrious
Posted on May 27, 2023 | No CommentsThe new kitchen is taking shape: we have filled the shelves with all our sauces, tins, salts and peppers, oils, spirits and vinegars. The Moroccan tiles are laid, the blackbut […] -
![We’ve been to Japan! An early 50th birthday present to myself. And the girls had a parallel adventure with family and friends in three cities and Anglesea, all in the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Japan-IMG_7600-e1682854453170-115x115.jpg "Travels near and far")
Travels near and far
Posted on April 30, 2023 | No CommentsWe’ve been to Japan! An early 50th birthday present to myself. And the girls had a parallel adventure with family and friends in three cities and Anglesea, all in the […] -
![This has been a month of travel – for work and pleasure. I invested in my leisure and booked a solo trip to Adelaide to see old friends and enjoy […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Adelaide-IMG_7411-1-1-115x115.jpg "Adelaide Writers’ festival")
Adelaide Writers’ festival
Posted on March 26, 2023 | No CommentsThis has been a month of travel – for work and pleasure. I invested in my leisure and booked a solo trip to Adelaide to see old friends and enjoy […] -
![We had weeks in Anglesea over the summer holidays once more, in Rhea’s own words from last year: ‘there were two dogs and two cats (Goose and Bear were the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1727-1-115x115.jpeg "Falling")
Falling
Posted on January 29, 2023 | No CommentsWe had weeks in Anglesea over the summer holidays once more, in Rhea’s own words from last year: ‘there were two dogs and two cats (Goose and Bear were the […]