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 […]
Caribbean Christmas Cake and…An Autopsy
February 4, 2013 By 56 Comments
My mother’s birthday was a few weeks ago and a celebration was certainly due so I invited mum and dad over for dinner. At the time the invitation went out I had no idea what I would cook and as much as I tried I couldn’t focus on the event because the annual council clean […]
Sloppy Teenagers
February 3, 2012 By 34 Comments
My teenagers’ bedrooms are a catastrophe. It’s like there’s been an explosion. How do they sleep in such chaos? Why don’t they like order? Why don’t they care? I really would like to get in there to change the sheets, it’s just I can’t cross the floor. When I comment about all the clothes strewn […]
A Country Sojourn
June 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
I have a beautiful friend who always starts her emails to me with ‘Dearest Charlie’. The email I received from her during the week let me know she’d enjoyed a wonderful weekend on a property in Cootamundra. ‘I always feel quite soul restored after a sojourn in the country’, she wrote and I couldn’t agree […]
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