Hiya.Can I just say...thank you so very much for your comments on my last postI can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate themYou are wise, compassionate and practical!Much of what you've suggested has already been done...or is in the process...

I went to Newcastle on Friday to take my mum to her first appointment with the geriatrician. Some of you may know that dad has been diagnosed with dementia (in the mild category thankfully, at least so far) and my sister and I have had some concerns...

I have to confess that I don't have very much to say today. I'm on the highway to Newcastle again, and if the weather forecast is correct, the windscreen wipers will be on. I'll be listening to Radio National or singing along to something in the...

Well, the holidays are done and dustedAnd work’s back with a vengeanceit's crazy busy...the kind of busy I'm not fond ofI went to my first 'boot camp' session with the young 'uns at work yesterday I'll probably be regretting that by the time...

You’ve been very patient with my holiday snaps, and kind with your comments...thank you.This is the last Tassie post I promise...cross my heart JThey’ve come in no particular order...no-one who knows me would be surprised by that, so today we have...

I'm drafting this on Thursday night; I can hear the Australian Open tennis on the tv in the living room. Lleyton's behind in the first set and already this holiday feels like it happened so long ago.  I wasn't ready to go back to work on Wednesday,...

By this I mean: friends, food, ferns and falls...let me elaborate...One of the wonderful things about blogging is you get to 'know' people from all over the place. And if you're lucky, you get to meet them for real JSuch was the case last Wednesday...

Well. That holiday went in the blink of an eye!  Despite the fact that I’ve lived in a lot of places, and travelled to more than my fair share...I had never been to Tasmania before last week. I know, I can’t believe it either, or how I could...