There is a famous quote that says: No expectations, no disappointment.” What a terrible way to live – without the joy of anticipation and hope! I much prefer to have a sunny, optimistic outlook. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I say, it’s ALWAYS full – half with air, half with water! Despite that, I […]

Being such a wet weekend, it’s not surprising really that I started thinking about raincoats. Over 500mm of rain in the last couple of days in my neck of the woods – by my calculations (but I’ve never been good at that sort of thing – I still remember being mortified to get a grade […]

There is a little island not far from where we live – and it’s our happy place. Coochiemudlo Island (or Coochie as it’s affectionately known) might be only 7 minutes by ferry or barge from Victoria Point, but once you set foot on its sandy shores you feel like you are a whole world away! […]

Long before Facebook, Instagram and the like, young girls had other ways of measuring their popularity … For example, when I was in Year 8 it was all about how many Christmas cards you received from your classmates. I bought, signed, and gave out HEAPS in the last couple of weeks of school for the […]