We made it back to Perth, Australia, in the nick of time on Christmas Eve, so we could spend Christmas with my family – my Mum, sister and her husband and children. On Christmas morning we watched the kids open their “hundreds” (quoting my cute little niece here) of presents. Combined with delight at seeing … Read more about Are there better ways we could be spending Christmas?
My In Box has been inundated with belated Christmas messages these past couple of days, so like my slack, um, I mean busy friends, I’m going to say better late than never and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a magic New Year. I’d like to be able to blame my … Read more about A belated Merry Christmas… blame it on the weather? Or a broken bush telegraph?
We’re currently on the road in outback Australia, with little access to the internet, which is why you haven’t been hearing from me much. However, my husband and co-writer, Terence, who occasionally posts here, has been inspired by various experiences (which no doubt he’ll tell you about), to start his own blog: Wide angles, Wine … Read more about Wide angles, wine and wanderlust
Terence and I stayed at the majestic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on a trip to India about six years ago or so. We ate dinner at the Indian restaurant that was the scene of a seige by terrorists this week; the restaurant whose chef was one of the first to get shot. And … Read more about Mumbai’s nightmare: a terror attack on tourism (on innocents abroad – and at home)
Do you believe in karma? I do. I believe we’re responsible for our actions, that those actions determine our future, and that by making decisions about how we act we create our own destiny. So if we sow goodness, we’ll reap goodness. When Moonshadow Villas in Darwin, Australia, was recommended to me when we were … Read more about Moonshadow Villas: accommodation with more than a little good karma