It turns out that it’s not just cars that hate me, it’s trailers too. In addition to the shortage of small dogs in Tasmania, there is also a premium on trailers. It would be a reasonable earn to head to the mainland, buy up some trailers, bring them back over and sell them for a …
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 …
Parenting highlights from yesterday: Me: I have to take this frypan back to the LBT, can you wash up the lunch dishes Zoe?DB: [pulling off her headphones] Wha?Me: I have to take this frypan back to the LBT, can you wash up the lunch dishes DB?DB: But you said Zoe.Z: But you never wash up. …
Small Z has always been germ-averse. Always. I have taken great joy over the years watching her flinch when someone coughs or sneezes nearby. So of course, when a kid she’d spent all day with at school commented at the end of the day that she’d had a horrible day because of a sore throat, …
Like a goldfish, I am surprised all over again by sedentary existence of owning a car. Yes. A car. Another car. Passing by the money drain and moving on, we now have Goldie – a 2007 T30 Nissan X-Trail – the most modern and startlingly ubiquitous car I have ever associated with. To the point …
Waaaaay back in time when we moved aboard the boat in 2015 (and remained in the boatyard for 18 Very Long Months) I bought a Tempur Visco-Elastic queen sized mattress on eBay, hoping that excellent sleep would make up for cold water only and spiralling mental health. At that point M was okaying anything that …
A week of respite from the weather – in Hobart on Saturday it got to 18 degrees – positively balmy! Aaaaaand tomorrow morning it’s going down to minus three. The last month or so has been a steady slog – M has had his mental-health-dinghy project, I have started working a few hours a week …