My parents Ric and Joan have been married for 45 years today. I don’t know many other couples who are as happy together. They have raised 6 children, been much loved grandparents to 4 grandchildren, made a home we can all return to, yet be independent from, retired and holidayed in their marriage and family but I think their relationship is […]

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It’s hard to believe it’s less than a week since Asha’s 21st. What a packed week I’ve had! It’s all been lovely and I have seen most of the people I love this week. I miss Kate and Tom today, but had Tom here this time last week for the weekend, which almost makes up […]

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Friday I had a bit of a meltdown and felt overwhelmed with what seemed like too many different emotions to even be able to say what was wrong. I went home. Darin listened patiently as I spewed out all the major and minor upsets I was feeling and to be honest some of them were […]

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The year 9s finished today and it went well enough. I start tomorrow working with the admin team at the new campus so I won’t be farewelling the rest of the school. It happened so quickly in the end. As it usually does in a big rush where only the important and urgent things got done. […]

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I missed my massage last week. We had a function at school and I couldn’t make it. Today I feel like my body is an unhappy place to live in. Today was another difficult day. It’s difficult in my life right now. The thing is that nothing is bad, or not what I want. I […]

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The new moon falls in Aries, the beginning of the zodiac. It’s an astrological new beginning. Aries is the start of the zodiac, the baby. My sister, Kate, long time friend Glenn and my Auntie Judy are all Aries natives who have taught me plenty about this sign and the youngest children in their families. Aries is a […]

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I haven’t felt like blogging lately. I think it’s because I am experiencing change in my life right now. I feel uncertain about decisions I’ve made and I’m no longer sure where I’m heading. Everything that was so clear has become a bit fuzzy.
I haven’t had as much time online the past few weeks. My […]

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Every Christmas is different really isn’t it? I remember how excited I would be as a child. I feel that again after a long time. In between these years there has been a lot of stressing, rushing, overspending and people pleasing involved in Christmas… not in a good way. Last year was probably the quietest […]

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Thinking about Christmas and how I would like to do it this year, this song goes through my head. I also love ‘Bloody Well Right’.

Christmas is about giving and with all this economic downturn talk that we are hearing about, there is more than one thing that can be given. I haven’t been ’shopping’ […]

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‘The Valkyries’ is a novel about conversing with angels. The author goes on a journey to find a band of motorbike riding women in order to see his angel and communicate. His wife comes along for the journey and the other story is one of their relationship and recommitting to one another. The wife begins […]

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