Yesterday my youngest son made the move to the big city. It was a bitter sweet moment as I am sure you can imagine. But I decided to make this a very positive change in my life, and so I had a long over due…
It’s been a week since we arrived home from our whirlwind trip to the US. Whilst the trip was full of exciting and interesting things to do and wonderful new friends made, it was not without it’s challenges. Within days of arriving, long standing medical…
I recently started playing a new game… I call it 5 Good Things. If you ever take the time to stop and listen to exactly what you are saying to yourself… or more importantly, about yourself… on any given day, you will be surprised to…
Travelling to the USA in Springtime, there were certain things that I expected to see. Blossoms. Trees budding out with their first fresh new leaves of the season. Sunshine. Birds making nests. You know… the usual. I was not expecting to see snow! For the…
Getting ready for my trip to the USA this week and I spent the weekend pouring over old pics from previous US trips. Most were very “snapshotish” and not particularly good… some had potential and I gave them a re-edit. I remember when I was…
Once upon a time we ate solely for survival. It didn’t matter much what food tasted like, the fact that it sustained us and kept us alive was the only priority. Oh, how things have changed. I was raised in a family that celebrated food..…
Regular follows to the blog will have heard me mention local pop group Heartfelt before. They are a group of 4 young (oldest is 21, youngest still at high school) gentlemen who live in my home town. And the reason these guys have been given…
We all know the story of the Ugly Duckling. Imagine you have spent your entire life surrounded by ducks. Being raised by ducks. Going to school with ducks. Working with ducks. Spending your entire life watching the ducks, learning from the ducks… and trying oh…
Can I tell you a story? It’s a little weird. I don’t normally tell people this because either they don’t believe me, or they just think I’m being weirder than usual. Many years ago, when my children were still very young, and I was…
It’s Easter Monday here in Australia.. in fact I think we might be the only country that actually calls it Easter Monday, but we aren’t known as the land of the long weekend for nothing. Anyway, it was 10 years ago on Easter Monday that…
