There’s only one thing to do when it’s raining cats and dogs outside and you’ve finally got the baby down for his long overdue nap and that would be to put your feet up with a steaming mug of chai and a petit four. Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt to keep one hand rocking…

Well, that didn’t last long.       I’m afraid it’s curtains for that Nivea cleanser and I. It’s been pretty harsh and drying on my skin, despite being designed specifically for dry and sensitive skin.     It’s just as well I’m a lateral thinking shopper because I finally made the association between Mecca…

Yesterday’s run in the great outdoors couldn’t have happened at a better time for me. My usually indefatigable running mojo seems to have gone into hibernation. Maybe it’s been all those soul destroying treadmill runs I’ve been doing. Watching the red numbers flash in front of me (the time counter never seems to change over…

Friday afternoons in Perth rock.         For a start, you get to drive home at speeds of 80 km/h on the freeway, in peak hour. Which means you make such good time that you can ease into the weekend with a cup of tea at home.   I’ve been out and about…

Greetings from Perth!   Where the skies are impossibly blue and everything seem to be cushioned by a huge amount of space, even the people on the street and the cars in the car park.   It’s been a good seven years since I’ve spent a solid amount of time back home. My previous trips…

  ANZAC Day grows in significance for me as each year passes. Each day between one April 25 and the next seems to bring more news of conflicts overseas which see more of our serving men and women called into tours of duty. The issues more complex, the line between right and wrong increasingly blurred,…

  And before you know it, we’re simultaneously halfway through the week and on the eve of a public holiday. I don’t know exactly what I’ve done to feel as busy as I have but there it is. I’ve had a bit of a sit down with a coffee and a good read, my thoughts…