‘Night Runs’. It’s been a while since we’ve had a post about Archie and his goings-on at boarding school. A few weeks ago Archie said to me, ‘I really miss boarding school; I just had the best time’. Now you have all heard me talk about the highs and the lows of Archie’s boarding school […]
The Diabolical Angel
July 24, 2013 By 53 Comments
When you’re a little guy with a big, big, big brother, it doesn’t matter what that big brother does, he’s your hero. Little Alfie is so proud of Archie and can’t get enough of him. And he wants to share him. For a full year he asked me if I would ask the principal of […]
Here Comes ‘Rent’, The Musical
June 27, 2013 By 39 Comments
Some time ago I mentioned to you that the Music Theatre students of Sydney’s Australian Institute of Music are preparing for their graduation performance. The musical they are showcasing is Rent. Rent is set in the Lower East Side of New York and tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians […]
Almond Biscuits and…Starting School
June 19, 2013 By 47 Comments
Long, long ago when Archie was at pre-school there came a day when it was time to make that transition to big school. I had booked Archie into a school that said you could only attend if you turned five before the end of the year. Archie wouldn’t turn five until the January. The school […]
The Mustang
June 12, 2013 By 43 Comments
Back around 1980 there was a great Aussie sit-com on TV called, Kingswood Country where the central character, Ted Bullpit owned a Kingswood. His famous catch-cry that he constantly yelled to his son whenever he needed to go anywhere was, ‘You’re not taking the Kingswood’. Which of course was terribly funny because a Kingswood was […]
Teenagers
May 26, 2013 By 51 Comments
When I was collecting Alfie from school last week he asked if he could have some time to run around with friends so I let him take off while I hung around in a rapidly disappearing patch of sunshine hoping we could soon leave. There was a group of other mothers standing near me whose […]
Asian-Inspired Glazed Ham
May 12, 2013 By 39 Comments
Happy Mother’s Day! Don’t you just love Mother’s Day? It’s that one day of the year where you get to sleep-in then lie in bed while the kids bring you breakfast in bed and hand over lots of heartfelt gifts while telling you just how amazing and special you are. Don’t you just love it? […]
Family Retreat to Coffs Harbour
April 20, 2013 By 36 Comments
School holidays are now on in Sydney and a few weeks ago we booked a family holiday to Coffs Harbour, a six-hour drive north of Sydney. The uni students were unable to join us on this family vacation as they have no holidays and Archie is in the middle of exams and Arabella has three […]
Incaberries and…The Morning Ritual
April 14, 2013 By 56 Comments
I think I’ve mentioned, (probably numerous times) that Arabella is onto a new eating regime where basically everything I buy deserves a roll of the eyes. It’s because the boyfriend with no tattoos from the neck up, is health conscious. And in between he and Arabella’s five break-ups and six getting-back-togethers, this new eating regime […]
Spelt Hot Cross Buns and…The Emergency Meeting
March 30, 2013 By 57 Comments
Thank you all so very much for welcoming me back so warmly. Your words have been very kind. By popular demand, here is the final chapter in, ‘The Early Days of Boarding School’ quadrilogy. Term II started and Archie threw himself into all the school had to offer. He enrolled in Speech and Drama classes […]
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