OK, so we’ve only been in Perth about 4 weeks so I suppose I can’t really talk yet – I guess the title of this post should really have been “- the good, the bad and the ugly…SO FAR!” Well, so far, we are just LOVING Perth! It seems to have all the things that … Continue reading »
Fluffy white clouds in a brilliant blue sky; sunshine dazzling through the windshield and reflecting off the sunglasses of the man crossing the street, his shorts and flip-flops still caked with sand from the beach…and in the car, Bing Crosby’s voice crooning from the radio: “I’m drea-ming of a Whi-te Christmas…” Yes, welcome to a … Continue reading »
You know the expression – “You can take the girl out of Taiwan but you can’t take Taiwan out of the girl..”? Well, for someone who has grown up and lived most of her life in “the West” – and who is considered pretty Westernised - I’m still often surprised by little things that crop … Continue reading »
There have been books written about it, movies made about it but somehow, I never thought it would happen to me: The Big High School Reunion. Yikes. Has 20 years really gone by already?? I have to admit – for all my social media scepticism, this is one area where Facebook has been great: giving … Continue reading »
So last week I started my 5-week ‘Writing for Children’ course at the Sydney Writer’s Centre. Nice small class & eclectic mix of people, including an ex-policeman, a lawyer, a retiree and a TV crew girl…guess there are a lot of aspiring authors out there, all hiding under our “day jobs”! And for our homework … Continue reading »
We were out at dinner the other night with some old friends who we had known back in the UK and who coincidentally had moved out to Sydney recently, for work reasons. In between catching-up on each others’ news, we got onto the subject of friends – specifically making & keeping them – when you … Continue reading »
They say you never forget your first time. I admit – I was a slow starter. Other women around me had all done it. Some in several different places. I’d listened to them exchange experiences and compare notes. But I just didn’t feel ready… And then one day, it happened. I was nervous. I was … Continue reading »
Wow, first of all, I have to say thank you to everybody for your great welcome on my 1st post – and for coming over from Honey’s blog to check out mine. I have to admit, I feel like one of those lucky kids of rock stars who have an unfair advantage and get a … Continue reading »
