After my interview with the editor of the Country Living section of the Weekly Times, I emailed her to request that she put something in the article about me now being back to full health. I started thinking about why that was important to me and stayed at the keyboard to find out why. This is what I wrote: … Continue reading Cathartic writing
I’m right, you’re wrong
We all like being right. Or at least not wrong. Arguments are usually the result of two of us trying to be right or perhaps one party being made to feel wrong. Anthony and I nearly have it worked out; we can usually identify when we both want to be right and can give that … Continue reading I’m right, you’re wrong
Dizzy with happiness
Sometimes you see, hear or read things that really shake you and make you start thinking just how good your life is. That happened to me this week. I was reading about a family and all they've been through and continue to go through with their children and it was just the shake up I … Continue reading Dizzy with happiness
Be for others
I learnt a lesson from Elsie today. I was trying to channel my inner housewife but there was so much I would rather have been doing this morning than trying to thicken runny relish (like sticking pins in my eyes). But I really love eating relish and so I’d vowed to turn this 10kg box … Continue reading Be for others
A new chapter begins
I feel a bit like today is the end of an era. The era of us having 'young' children, staying in our pyjamas for as long as we like in the mornings, going for day trips and not looking at the clock, taking no notice of school holiday dates and not even knowing when terms start … Continue reading A new chapter begins
From meerkats to elephants
You know how you can't wait to get away on a holiday, then on the last day of your holiday you really look forward to getting home, then the day after you're home it's like you never went away - what's with that? Regardless, we're back from our break and it was the best. One day … Continue reading From meerkats to elephants
I got a hippopotamus for Christmas
I love prudent advice and wise insights. During our trip around Australia, I shared a Cairns house and worked to save money for the next leg of our journey. There were 15 of us in that house, five nationalities and three jobs (two of which were mine). One of the other tenants was an Aussie … Continue reading I got a hippopotamus for Christmas
Happiness comes from within
I shouldn’t look forward to an upcoming wedding so much more just because I have something new to wear. It won't affect the outcome; afterwards the guests will be talking about the bride’s dress, the priest muddling up the names in the church, how funny the MC was and whether they got the chicken or … Continue reading Happiness comes from within
Counting down the days til Christmas
The first time I ever made tomato sauce, I bottled the skins and discarded the sauce. I know. The recipe said to boil for three hours then strain. I looked at the stuff in the strainer. It was thick like homemade sauce. I looked at the stuff that came through the strainer. It was runny, flavoursome … Continue reading Counting down the days til Christmas
Writing by Larissa Patton 