Sisters

I only have one of these. So my experience cannot be considered representative. But I am grateful for my sister. She is kind and thoughtful and an excellent house guest. We have just had a visit from Aunty Kelly (christened ‘Cakie’ by the wee one) whom I had not seen for over three years. [Hence […]

Ten Things of Happiness

Right now there is a lot buzzing about in my head…here are few things that are making me happy. How about you? 1. The wonderful images created by Bianca Gomez, especially the wonderful birds she created for Poolga.com: 2. Cucumbers, they taste so good right now…looking forward to when they will grow in my yard: […]

Holiday Weekend Wanderings

Happy Fourth! Our last. For now anyway. We went to join our friends for a BBQ on the happy day – and a ceremonial reading of THE Declaration ensued. Beautiful language. Inspiring document. Pity it is not as closely adhered to in political reality as it could be… The stickiness returned this weekend, and made […]

Unexplored Regions of the Park

Summer is with us. We are getting out and about as much as possible. The wee guy says ‘lurdle lurdle pop?’ when he wakes up most mornings – Kaz-code for playground (derived from saying ‘pop’ when he pops off the end of the slide) and we are getting to at least one, usually two different […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

All Change

So a week ago, I wanted to write and tell you about the crazy night we’d had. In fact I had so many other things going on too…bubbling up and running over…and wanted to let them all blog out of me. Then it got a little hard to get to the PC. And then I […]

Of Mothers on Mothers’ Day

I’ve been a little AWOL lately as my mother, Joan, has been visiting from New Zealand. It is only the second time she has visited me anywhere since I left home in 1992 and first time time we have seen one another since my father passed away three years ago. It was also the first […]

This Moment

Sporty-ness

I am the least sporty person I know. Akira is perhaps one of the most sports-minded people I know. In so many ways we prove that old opposites-attract adage. Having a child is like a weird little personal science project. It is so interesting to try and identify which of the respective genetic imprints have […]