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This Time Next Year: Where Will You Be?

3 September 2022

Do you ever play the game, ‘this time last year…’? What about ‘this time next year…’? How does it feel looking back? What do you hope for the future? Several days ago,

Faith·Family

Are You Okay?

9 November 2021

“I was in the bookshop when a woman picked up your Thomas book,” a friend tells me. “She looked at the cover and flipped through a few pages and then replaced it

Blog/podcast/write·Family·My Podcasts·Parenting

Writing, Explosions, and Unsuitable Horror Stories

2 March 2021

After a 4-month break, my daughter Imogen and I are back. We made a new podcast episode! This week, we’re chatting about: Finishing novels and beta reading My 19-year-old daughter Sophie and

Family

Locked Out, Locked In, and Lies

20 August 2020

This afternoon, I was poking about on an old blog of mine, reading old stories and remembering when my children were much younger. Locked Out, Locked In, and Lies is one of

Family

Giggling at Shocking Things

2 January 2020

n the first day of 2020, I lost my sense of humour. Usually, I’m a positive person, but the current bushfire situation pushed me over the edge. “I’m tired of breathing smoky

Family

Mother on Duty

31 December 2019

t 10:15 am, my youngest daughter Gemma-Rose appears in the living room where I’m keeping track of the bushfire activity near us. (Through the window, I can see the fire trucks and

Family

When Life Gets a Bit Too Interesting!

24 December 2019

ife is certainly interesting at the moment. A little bit too interesting! You might remember how a week or so ago, we prepared our house just in case the out-of-control bushfire that

Family·Unschooling

Realising What’s Important

12 December 2019

Many years ago, I discovered that a friend of mine never irons her clothes. She doesn’t even own an iron. I thought this was rather strange. Surely clothes need ironing? At the

Unschooling

How Light Can Turn into Deep and Serious

5 June 2019

I love Sunday mornings. We usually go to 7.30 am Mass and then when we get home, we have a leisurely breakfast in the family room. While we’re eating toast and Nutella

Family

The Best Time and Place for Things to Go Wrong

15 April 2019

On Sunday morning, Sophie and I headed into town for Mass. Earlier, I’d said, “Let’s take our cameras with us. After Mass, we can do some street photography, and we could have