Remember the jam?
For months now, members of the Sydney City Branch of the Country Women’s Association have been making jam, marmalade, chutney and relish. In one weekend alone Silvana and Alix made 90 … Continue reading
Thank you Mr Christmas
At the time this blog would normally be written I was sitting at the kitchen table, fuming about revised plans for a three-storey house at the back of ours. I … Continue reading
I got rolled and I deserved it
Jury service has been on my bucket list for decades. The sense of elation at being summoned earlier this year was matched by bitter disappointment when the trial got cancelled, … Continue reading
My secret, guilty pleasure
We went to see a film about nuclear waste last week, not the kind of thing I’d normally race to see but Containment was made by two Harvard professors, so … Continue reading
Is anyone there?
Spiders have taken up residence in my studio, claiming every corner and colonising every crack in the windowsill. Their messy webs stretch across the dusty space, bearing numerous small insects … Continue reading
The Good the Bad and the Beautiful
Broken Hill is on stage two water restrictions with the looming threat of stage three by the end of the year. Gardens can only be watered twice a week, between … Continue reading
Strawberries in the Desert 
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