come on sweetheart let’s adore one another before there is no more of you and me — from Fountain of Fire, Rumi It’s Monday evening as I write this, cool enough for the first time this year to be wearing socks and a jumper. The kids are asleep, their soft breathing barely audible from the next […]
“The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.” – from James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl We woke up this morning to grey skies awash with a light rain. The arrival of […]
Waiting. I’m in a state of waiting. Each day as the heat builds and the grey clouds roll in on top of one another I wait for the summer afternoon rains to fall. Endless reading of the news and various social media streams waiting in the countdown for the state election. And as my belly […]
It’s been rather an unusual weekend. For starters, Brisbane has been in the midst of a crazy heatwave (it is still 36°c and it is 7:30pm in the evening as I write this). Our lovely Queenslander house atop the hill usually stays pretty cool, but on a weekend like this, with not much of a […]
The day last week that I made this Peanut Soba Noodle Salad turned into a bit of a madhouse. The noodle salad is a variation on a dish that I make regularly and can do with my eyes closed, so my plan was to whip it up and photograph it while W was having her […]
We just got home from a lovely long weekend down in Sydney. We stayed in the heart of Surry Hills where we walked the streets, ate a ton of good food, visited markets, and even took a ferry ride in the Sunday morning sunshine. As weekend trips often are it was both relaxing and exhausting […]
If anyone should ask, tell them mandarins. Tell them eucalyptus sap that rubies on the bark. Tell them snow crunch and grass burn and skipping a hosewater rope. If anyone should ask, tell them bluebottles, cuttlefish, sea glass and wild raspberries that charge blood for fruit… From ‘Such riches’, Michelle Dicinoski
“We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.” –– Vandana Shiva This weekend just past we celebrated International Women’s Day. A day to honour, acknowledge, and pay respect to women and women’s […]
