I might have mentioned Archie left boarding school with the highest number of detentions on record. There were many different kinds of detentions, the worst of which were ‘Saturdays’. ‘Saturdays’ went for three hours and prevented the student from doing what they’d really like to be doing like playing sport or having free-time or sleeping […]
Poached Eggs on Polenta and…The Opportunist
May 21, 2012 By 49 Comments
I have a sister with three primary school aged children living in a quiet suburban street in the Eastern Suburbs. It’s a great street because it’s full of houses with families of children of similar ages and so the children have all become great friends and spend a lot of time playing outside on the […]
Nudity Has Its Advantages
May 17, 2012 By 45 Comments
When Archie was at boarding school he didn’t always obey the rules and in fact, the school’s sergeant once told me, ‘You have the nicest son, but you know what? He has the thickest file of detentions I’ve ever seen’. One of the things Archie didn’t like doing was attending, (especially by the time he […]
A Wrap-Up on Mother’s Day
May 14, 2012 By 43 Comments
I had the best Mother’s Day. It started on Saturday night when we went to see Prince in concert. I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy it as I like some of his music but it’s not the sort of music I listen to regularly. But he gets an 11 out of ten for […]
The Riddiford Baths and…Leek and Feta Quiche
May 4, 2012 By 52 Comments
I was at swim squads a few days ago and after the session I was in the change room talking with another swimmer who has recently joined our group. It turns out she is from New Zealand, so I asked what part of New Zealand she came from and discovered she lived a few streets […]
Breakfast Basil Eggs and…Stranger Than Fiction
December 29, 2011 By 69 Comments
This is a true story that you will have no trouble believing because, as you know, the truth is always stranger than fiction. This is the story of how I came to be, ‘Charlie Louie’. When I was born in Wellington, New Zealand, I already had an older sister whose arrival had displeased my grandmother. […]
Eggs Benedict and…The Gap Year Crosses the Atlantic
August 18, 2011 By 6 Comments
Americans have no appreciation for the beautiful tones of a didgeridoo. In the heat of a New York summer Archie went out into the streets with his quality instrument and demonstrated his skills of circular breathing combined with a full menagerie of animal sound effects. He blasted into that didge until his lips blew up […]
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