1. Filling Out Passport Renewal Forms As we plan another international trip for 2015, I got out our passports to check when they expire – and good thing I did, because it’s soon. The kids’ are fine for a while yet. So we need new passport photos! Joy! Because they always turn out the best…
Oh, hello critters. It’s been a few years, so I suppose we were due. But guess what? I’m wiser, the kids are older, and I’m going to meet you bravely. For those of you that don’t die in the treatment, prepare to be squished beneath my fingernails. Those were the words I spoke to myself…
[Scene: Lounge Room. One spouse is sitting on the couch, quietly and happily watching television, enjoying the peace while it lasts. The other spouse enters, holding a cushion, and waves it under the first’s nose.] Spouse Two: Smell this. Spouse One (pushing away the cushion): Go away, I don’t want to smell anything. That never…
When You Are Old By William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved…
Here’s our brand new wall decal (or sticker, if you will). It was on sale at Catch of the Day a few weeks ago and on the screen, in the gallery with all the others, it looked cool, so we bought it. Pretty simple, really. People make spontaneous online purchases all the time. And we…
It’s Riley’s eighth birthday today. He’s only a tad older than this blog. I’ve chronicled most of his life here – in little pieces, that will become smaller, or at least more filtered, as time goes on – because it was important to me to tell those early stories to get through one of my…
Hey. I’m going on a quick break. I’m working on words elsewhere for a week or so – but I’ll be back. There are some exciting things coming up this month! I’ll be around on Facebook – come on over. Take care x
They found the coloured chalk in the cupboard, and like some magic talisman they’ve waved these sticks and made artistic dust on our driveway. We have officially entered birthday season: three in the next two months. Mine kind of sits at the end of the year; an ellipsis when it comes to the family sentence,…
This post was originally subtitled ‘January Update’, but, lo, here we are at the tail end of February. Shows how fast the year has gone already. In case you’ve forgotten, to explain: The Year of Creative Engagement (#yoce) will be my attempt to document my creative journey, put greater stock in accountability and output, while…
