The day arrived with much expectation. I had been waiting. Now here it was — the anniversary of 10 big beautiful years. The doctor told me I’d have a few years, then more surgery, maybe. The report studied patients across …
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It’s the first of December. A little before six o’clock in the morning. Christmas has jumped out of the boxes in the lounge room and is jingling around the house. My four children are wearing their festive pyjamas and building …
The smoke from our campfire rises gently. It twirls between a jigsaw of caravans and tents before making its escape northwards. The fiery afternoon sun seeps through the eucalyptus trees, suspending smoke in diagonal threads, like spider webs, across the …
We celebrated the last day of 2021 at our boathouse. The evening had been delightful, a deliciously warm breeze, barbecue with friends, crab hunting on the beach, then the promise of fireworks for the children at nine-thirty. But alas, we …
Last weekend we visited our boat shed at Cornelian Bay. It’s our little haven away from the craziness of life. The big kids explored the mud flats in search of starfish and treasure. Anders wadded in the shallows removing rubbish …
“Get me a hammer Mum”, my three-year-old-son calls from the back-garden. His flaming hair catching the last rays of sunlight. I know what he wants. I extract a ‘please’ and deliver a rubber-ended hammer. His shoulders droop. “Not that Mum. …