My Baby is Five

Now how did that happen? Five years ago today, the day Shocking won the Melbourne Cup, Miss M arrived. There was a cast of thousands in the delivery room,.

12 years ago

Living In A Construction Village

One of the selling points of our new house was its isolation, all the way at the end of a cul-de-sac with no neighbours apart from empty blocks of.

12 years ago

Phan Thiet Pet Cafe, A Lizard Love Story

The night before Mothers Day, my girls weekend away sidekick fulfilled her wish to eat dong lizard. We were sitting at a little place overlooking the Ca Ty River,.

12 years ago

Everyday Adventures: Centipede Attack

My exotic dropout lifestyle is a pale shadow of its former self. I spend my nights lying in a darkened bedroom beside Miss M with the new baby swinging.

12 years ago

Book Review: A Week In Hoi An

The ancient port town of Hoi An in central Vietnam is a beautiful place. At least, it is if you know how to see the beauty. (You may remember,.

13 years ago

The First Day At School

Today was Miss M’s first day at school – a proper “big” school with a primary section for kids aged up to 11. If we lived in Australia in.

13 years ago

On The Move … But Not Traveling

We’ve moved! But I can’t think of anything less like traveling than packing up all our household items and transporting them two kilometres down the road. In some ways,.

13 years ago

Pregnant in Vietnam … Again

I’ve had a few weeks to process this information so I’m probably slightly less surprised than you. But there it is. I’m pregnant. And it seems I was one.

13 years ago