Last weekend we bundled ourselves up in our warmest woolies to head up to Montsalvat and watch the winter solstice bonfire they were putting on for the community. Considering the bohemian, almost medieval setting, I remarked to a friend as we stood there, among the stalls, in our muddy boots, that I wondered if this…
This photo was taken down near Seal Rocks on Philip Island during the Easter school holidays, as the sun was beginning to drop in the afternoon over the ocean, casting its rays upon the backs and smiles of my children. I was over 100km away, in the office, working. Adam’s family was visiting at the…
This morning, thanks to Disney, we went along with a whole bunch of other bloggers and guests to an advance screening of the new Pixar movie, Brave. There was highland dancing, bagpipes and the usual mega-long queue for face-painting. The children were much more patient than I ever would’ve been and waited their turn; Riley…
Some afternoons, be they on a weekend or after a long working day, call – nay, beg – for taking some time out to relax. Such was the feeling I had recently, when I retired to the bathroom with a book, a drink and very stern instructions that I was not to be interrupted, no…
Many (most?)(I’m not up-to-date with the news yet) teachers are striking in Victoria today. Good luck to them too, I salute their efforts. Although this does mean that I have two children here at home: two healthy, active, energetic delights when I am still feeling delicate and sore. I don’t really want to dwell on…
Quite deliberately, I made my latest endodontist appointment for after the festival was over. I suspected (hoped) that the rush of all that was happening there would carry me over, and it did, thank heavens. But what is an endodontist, you ask? In simple terms, an endodontist performs root canals, among other procedures. By that…
This year I’m an ambassador for the MILO Play Movement. I chose to become involved in this campaign because I’ve been thinking a lot about how the kids play and how perhaps I can assist and facilitate how they go about it. I had an entire conversation the other day with someone where I added a year on…
Yesterday saw our annual pilgrimage over to Williamstown to one of my oldest girlfriend’s biggest morning tea Cancer Council fundraising extravaganzas. We’d arrived just as my face resumed its normal colour after being beet red, thanks to a ten kilometre run I’d done earlier with another girlfriend in a very respectable time (6o minutes)….
We’re currently… well, what’s the best phrase for it? ‘Considering our options’, I suppose you’d say. House hunting. Sniffing around. Then, every so often when we do this, we get scared and stick our heads back in and are completely happy with our lot, which may be what happens here again. In that spirit of…
