The smug victoriousness of having made it through Winter relatively intact continues to simmer gently. Nights are frequently clear and cold; days switch between extreme winds, sporadic showers and hopeful sunshine. The earth is warming – every plant and tree that can bud or blossom is going for it. As I type this, the sun …
This post could have started in many different ways – but right at this moment M and I are suffused with and beguiled by serenity. The Smalls are ashore in a motel with the Mothership and T – we got back aboard half an hour ago, walked in, both inhaled the lack of questions, bickering …
It’s a bit of a tug to drop in at beautiful places like Refuge Bay and then leave after a night, but we are comforting ourselves that we will have time to explore when we noodle our way back down the coast. And I mean NOODLE. Once we got out to sea, leaving Pittwater behind …
In any co-habiting relationship there must be an occasional element of despair. Mine erupts when M tidies up after he has invited people to come and peruse the boat. Not only does he do it with far more alacrity than he would ever have for just us, he also throws things out with wild abandon …
Zoe Today Mama and me and Daisy got up early. Mama was going to go to the laundromat and wash some clothes. Daisy was still in her pyjamas when Mama was starting to get dressed, but I wanted to come to the landromat so I got dressed as well. Mama put the washing on and …
A few days ago we were in the co-op that occupies the front of the Palais Theatre in Franklin, buying some glorious looking eggs – some of them were that pale pale blue – some basil, zucchini. There were handcrafts there, honey, skincare… On a chair were some shawls and a beanie that were just …