Chicken Cacciatore and…A Little Bit of Help

Life has so many ups and downs and at some stage most of us will walk head-on into a situation that is unavoidable, unpleasant and pretty much unmanageable.  However, there’s definitely a scale and at the moment all of my head-ons are paling into insignificance when I think about the situation my friends are facing. […]

Quick and Easy Herby Roast Chicken

Prior to leaving for our overnight stay in the Blue Mountains, I took a leg of lamb out of the freezer and left it on the bench to thaw out for a Sunday night roast on our return.  I do try to be organised! On our way home and after we had visited The Sweetest […]

Incaberries and…The Morning Ritual

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 […]

Lime and Garlic Chicken and…A Miracle

Remember how Arabella had to go out and get another piercing to aid in her recovery from a broken heart?  And she rang me and said, ‘Mum, I’ve got some news?’  And I said, ‘Did you go and get another piercing?’  Because when Arabella phones to say she has ‘some news’, it usually means she’s […]

Penang Chicken Curry and …Moving on in Boarding School

Right…so….after the one and only letter and the end of the compulsory three-week stint in boarding school, Archie was allowed to come home on weekends.  With my new baby, I would drive out on a Friday afternoon and meet him at ‘Hogwarts’ with enough time to help him pack then cut my way back through […]

The Stampede and…Quick Chicken Curry

Back in the day when Archie was at boarding school, the boys felt a sense of being deprived, neglected, or even underprivileged. While this was a far stretch from reality, the boarders did share the sentiment that should any blessing, any privilege or any offering come their way, they would dive on it.  And dive […]

Chicken Laksa and…Telstra

I am exhausted.  And it’s not because of I’ve run a marathon or because of work or the kids or the accountant who’s constantly reminding me of my overdue tax returns, it’s because I’m trying to have a phone connected in an apartment for a new a new tenant who has just moved in. I’d […]

On the ‘Up and Up’ and Stuffed Spatchcocks

Archie’s no longer unemployed.  His circumstances apparently, are on the ‘Up and Up’. I don’t know how it happened and I have no idea who’s behind it, but Archie, in his very small fish bowl, is becoming sought after.  It came as something as a shock when the phone rang and it was someone wanting […]

Chicken Roasted in Salt Water and The Extras

Archie’s been on a two week break from uni.  I’m not sure what he’s done with his time but he hasn’t been home much at all.  I did drop a few loud hints that it would be nice if he tidied his room and ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if someone cleaned my car’, but […]

Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Sauce and Good Times in Brooklyn

When Archie went to New York I was desperately worried about him.  Desperately worried because he was an 18-year old male who was and still is impulsive, who acts now then thinks later and has a strong belief that he is invincible.  And adolescent males like this can sometimes end up in a lot of […]