Forward movement
It’s been a hard slog — I won’t downplay any of that — and the last few years since we left our large house in Melbourne behind and moved to a goldfields era village in Central Victoria have had a roller-coaster quality. But it became apparent about a year ago as we were finishing the [...]
According To The Directions…
Ah yes — the manufacturer’s recommended manner of installation. According to the directions on each huge carton of bamboo flooring, we were meant to install it over a padded foam underlay via a nail-through-the-tongue-end method. And so my husband, who renovates houses for a living and who has never installed a timber floor without both [...]
A Season For Introspection
Quiet — darkness — wetness — cold. A season abundant with introspection. Winter is at hand — a mere few days away now — and already our temperatures are hovering near zero each night. The winter-ish wardrobe has been brought out of the closets once again and wool socks are definitely one of the daily [...]
Hearth and Home
Sometimes the days, weeks, heck — a month slips away and although you know you have been quite well occupied, it is startling to discover that you haven’t done any concrete writing for awhile. I can happily announce that a story was submitted and accepted for a regional anthology of writing which will be published [...]
Are We Past Saving?
The people in my inner circle are all folks ‘of a certain age’ — full of life experience, hopefully a bit of wisdom, and most assuredly past their 20s and 30s. And although wars and recessions have touched all of our lives during specific time periods, we have primarily been infused with a belief-system that [...]
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