
It’s Christmas Time
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It’s Christmas time, a good sign, but today, not all is fine
There’s Armageddon
We look to Heaven
But a virus rages on, bullies swarm, become the norm.
It’s Christmas time, the bells they chime, we all drink wine
But…

RU OK?
BlogR U OK?In the fray, feeling grey,Moving through the midst of this D-day,As we live with “come what may”We ask,R U OK?Stresses over dresses, messes, guesses, it all presses…Down.Hard.Always…May He bless usWe ask,R U OK?Ask a neighbour,…

Curing the kids: The Woodstock Country Show
Blog If you ask me would I like to trap four whingeing children in a long car trip, my answer would be “Thank you, but I’ll take the Chinese water torture”.
However, last weekend we did just that. As we left Sydney it didn’t take long…

Renovator’s Dream
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Renovating: Along with death and divorce it is touted as one of the most stressful things you can do. I think I agree. Here are some things I’ve learnt over the last 8 years of renovating our house:
We survived. Like Stuart…

The Marvellous Mammogram
BlogThe marvellous mammogram, I had one today
Here’s my assessment, which way will YOU sway?
It squashes a boob, this way and that
To stop The Big C from having a crack
I’d heard that it’s painful and awful and crude
That your…

My Villagio
BlogOnce you go through that whole process of the growing and the getting out of a baby, you’re then expected to rear it. Oh, look, I’m what’s called a mother…!
Amidst copious other advice, you will hear, often, “It takes a village…

Soulwater
BlogMy firstborn chokes and wheezes. Watching her, my soul is strangling inside, like a twisting, sucking drain.
We sit on the sand at Shelley Beach, in the heart of God’s Country. With us, is my twin sister, Sky – the two of us born…

Is this The LUCKY COUNTRY?
BlogOnce there was a place, Australia was its name
And being the Lucky Country, was its claim to fame.
It was girt by sparkling sea, golden soil across the Isle,
Land of opportunity, wealth for toil, an easy smile.
This land abounded…

Do you know what a tractor pull is?
BlogWell, neither did I till I went to the Woodstock Memorial Show. It’s LOADS of fun, really, something you’d never see unless you went to a country show. You’ll find yourself cheering and holding your breath as if it were a neck and neck…

Fires They Are A Burning
BlogFires they are a burning, churning, disconcerting,
Mother Nature’s fury learning, earning the respect.
Respect the big and little, one’s age-twelve, do not bear
When they light a fire, bring in ire, make things dire,
Bringing…