I can tell we’re getting towards the end of our renovation because my thoughts are beginning to move overseas. While […]
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Notes from a renovation
For months my head has been so full of this house that sometimes it’s been difficult to think about anything […]
Where do you go to, my lovely?
Counting sheep never does it for me. When I waken in the night and can’t get back to sleep then […]
Service with a smile
One of the things that struck me when I first moved to Australia over twenty years ago was customer service. […]
Tapping the vibe
My mind’s been in the gutter these past weeks. The grated sort, that is, for showers. We’ve been organising and […]
Life is a cabaret
Many years ago, when I was at a feng shui master class, I started chatting to another participant, a woman […]
Cooped up and freaked out
I can’t quite believe that we’ve been living here for a full year. I had imagined we might even have […]
Sowing the seeds
Lessons learned in your youth can be very important. But not always in the way you think. In the early […]
Happy days
Thinking back over this past year, it sort of feels like an awfully long week. It lacked the grand sweep […]
The food of life
I’ve had a real hunger for classical music lately. I don’t want just ‘the famous bits’, I want entire symphonies, […]
Colin Bisset 