I’ve heard from my boy in India. At last! I can’t believe how much we are all missing him. Anyway he writes: hi parents just a short email to say, i am enjoying India, in fact it is utterly amazing, finished first trek and i am currently in...

They were burning off in them thar hills and this morning the city was in a muted shade of grey. I took this photo out my car window, stopped in traffic on Thomas Street. You could smell the smoke all the way back to the coast. A few hours later the...

The other weekend I dropped into Melbourne on my way to a conference to see my newest niece and drop in a Christmas present. Here she is with my soon-to-be sister-in-law. Isn’t she adorable! Well… they both are. And I reckon my brother is pretty...

I’ve planted a raspberry bush. I love raspberries but at $10 a punnet who can afford to eat them! We buy the frozen ones sometimes as a special treat and the kids make short work of them. The best raspberries I’ve ever tasted were at a berry farm on...

I was telling a mate the other day about a funny thing my son said in the car on the way to school. He asked me what the safety rating of my car was. I said I had no idea but it was probably a lot less with me driving it. LOL And my friend said –...