This week has been an extraordinary news week for Man versus Wild incidents and tragedies. Saturday we learned of the terribly sad news that the endangered western lowland gorialla Harambe had been shot dead at Cincinnati Zoo. This came after zoo officials decided it was the safest way to retrieve a three year old boy […]
I write all over the place but since moving to Brisbane it’s usually sitting at the kitchen bench using my laptop. My ideal writing space is definitely in the peace and quiet, and would either be a cliff top beach house overlooking the ocean, or a view overlooking a beautiful country garden, lake in the […]
I could have incorporated at least four of the single word prompts into my Day 3 assignment, all relating to the same subject but the one word that crops up more than any other is choice. It’s a word that has been rebounding around my thought-bin, rather like a malfunctioning robotic vacuum cleaner for a […]
Chief has been a podcaster for some time now; mostly listening to his favourite sport or food and drink categories and I’ve been rather left behind. Recently though I’ve been searching for alternatives to Australia’s poor radio selection (sorry Australia, I’m a BBC kinda gal) just for my short journey to and from work and […]
(I came across this post from last year which I hadn’t quite finished writing but really wanted to share with you) Never tempt fate! So I did; just passing comment that we hadn’t had a spider in the house for ages which was followed by recounting the time shortly after we had arrived in South […]
I have a dilemma; a self-indulgent Good Friday dilemma and it’s this – where am I going to find a decent coffee tomorrow morning? My regular café is closed (I’ve already checked with them) and I know it will be the same EVERYWHERE. With our trusty Gaggia coffee machine in storage (I didn’t think that one […]
Let me tell you a little bit about our new city, Brisbane; I like it. You can hear it in Kath & Kim style “look at moy, look at moy!” It’s clean shiny with lots of sparkle. There are plenty of tall glitzy high-rise buildings, the tallest being the Infinity Tower at 262 metres and […]
I’m on my own. The Chief is out earning a crust, leaving home at 7am this morning and not returning until way after 11pm this evening. That’s a long time to be alone with my own company. Wouldn’t it be easy to hide in our anonymous apartment, horizontal on the sofa in front of day-time […]
Fortunately in today’s modern households, our time spent at the kitchen sink has been reduced considerably, thanks to the introduction of the dish-washer, convenience food and disposable income to spend on restaurants and take-away meals. I was fortunate enough to have this as my view from my kitchen sink for the last nine years – […]
It’s all happening; life ticks over for a while and all of a sudden – whoosh! I mentioned in a post Embracing Change back in November that half the family will be moving to Brisbane, well that time has come. The Chef (Actually, I’m not going to call him that any longer. He doesn’t cook […]
Waking the Wombat