Image by Tham Nguyen (Pixabay) Happy New Year! Well, I don't know where 2023 went but it has been a very long time between drinks. Or blog posts. Ten months in fact. Where has the time gone? 2023 turned out to be a very busy year. There were no family tragedies or other catastrophes but … Continue reading 2024 Already?
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i4Give Week
“There is Freedom in Forgiveness” Two years ago a horrible and tragic accident took the lives of four children, Sienna, Antony and Angelina Abdullah, and their cousin Veronique Sakr, when a man, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, lost control of his vehicle and mounted the footpath. The tragic loss of four young … Continue reading i4Give Week
A New Year – 2022
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of another year. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were relieved to see the end of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic threw the whole world into a spin and we saw things that we could never have predicted: closed borders, local and national … Continue reading A New Year – 2022
Hope in the Midst of Pain
The New Year is just around the corner and I imagine there are many of us who cannot wait to see the end of 2020. The Corona Virus has delivered a major hit to our communities and our way of life during this year and our New Year celebrations will be no different. Large gatherings … Continue reading Hope in the Midst of Pain
Living in the Christmas Spirit All the Year Round
I am sure I have always thought of Christmastime…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they … Continue reading Living in the Christmas Spirit All the Year Round
#BookSnapSunday – Great Expectations
Guilt and desire, money and the nature of capitalism are pervasive themes in Dickens’ magnificent novel. Pip’s expectation, before his expectations, is that he will be shown to have already committed a crime…The orphan Pip’s terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham … Continue reading #BookSnapSunday – Great Expectations
A Bird in a Tree
This week we have experienced the extremes of Toowoomba weather. Monday was bitterly cold. We had the fire going all day. Today fluffy white clouds slowly drift across a beautiful blue sky. The sun is shining and we can go outside without a coat. For further proof that Spring is finally on its way, there … Continue reading A Bird in a Tree
Our New Normal
Only a few months ago we were wondering what the new year would bring. At the time Australia was in the middle of an apocalyptic fire season. This was followed by floods. Now we are in the grip of the Corona Virus pandemic that is sweeping across the world, taking lives and dramatically changing the … Continue reading Our New Normal
From Fire to Flood
Sometimes it doesn’t take too long for things to turn around. At New Year, barely six weeks ago, we were struggling to muster any enthusiasm to welcome in a new year. Instead we were watching our country burn. Coupled with a crippling drought, we were looking to the skies, wondering when it would rain again … Continue reading From Fire to Flood
The Silence of 2020
This morning I woke to 2020 and noticed the silence. Nothing too unusual about that. We live on the outskirts of Toowoomba where there is open space across the road and no neighbours right on our fences. Last night was New Years Eve so the revellers are probably still asleep. But then I remembered the … Continue reading The Silence of 2020
Living on the Downs 