Just me … First night in Paris …. Fabulous salmon at Bullier …. Just stumbled on it, a stone’s throw from my hotel … Across the road, something seemed familiar …. Yes, that place is in my book … Then, a facebook message … Are you in Paris … Let’s meet for a drink tomorrow … More … a bucket list in an orange book …
De rigeur – follow the orange signs to ” brocante” – a French fixture, an institution, – Bargain Hunt, Flog it! and Antiques Roadshow mixed up with a little bit (well, a lot really ….) of Steptoe and Son – wouldn’t be Sunday without it!!! … egged on by the fact that there could be … More French Collections
Our beautiful old girl – still wrapped in the warmth of those other Troes – enjoying a breath of “me time” between guests … Hold tight … I’m on my way to put a dent in the quiet …. and thank you Kirsten Hill for this sketch of a front door that means the world … More … thresholds
… I love old halls – school halls, town halls, church halls, theatres, old cinemas … Here, a mash up of thoughts about these places, what they do, how they look, how they protect, and what they can come to mean to the communities they serve …. with inspiration across the decades from Dalby, Queensland, … More those old church halls …
April never ceases to astound me – not just how it looks and smells, but how it feels – new, risky, possible, brimming… I got married in April. I feel my happiest in April. My biggest life journeys all seem to have started in April – perhaps that’s because the airfares entered the justoutofmyreach shoulder … More It’s lilac time …
In the heady days following the curtailment of the refinery operations in this remote (very) northern town, we all felt as if we’d been launched onto the set of some strange, cruel new realit… Source: Nothing like a wedding ….
In the heady days following the curtailment of the refinery operations in this remote (very) northern town, we all felt as if we’d been launched onto the set of some strange, cruel new reality game show – a little bit like “Survivor” but with really sharp teeth and much “closertohome” consequences for real people trying … More Nothing like a wedding ….
Two years ago, I spoke to a group – of women mainly – as we celebrated International Womens Day “on the frontier” – in a remote East Arnhemland mining town recently d… Source: “It seems I’ve lit a lot of candles lately”
Two years ago, I spoke to a group – of women mainly – as we celebrated International Womens Day “on the frontier” – in a remote East Arnhemland mining town recently devastated by the curtailment of the refinery operations here – and reeling in the uncertainty of “what next?” for us, our kids, our “menfolk”, … More “It seems I’ve lit a lot of candles lately”
Perhaps it is the great divide of the lunching fraternity – whether or not to lunch alone! I love a big swaggering midday affair, that’s for sure – but a quiet, worthy couple of solitary grazing hours … Bring it on! Yesterday, meeting finished early … Wandered down towards the water and stumbled on a … More And lunch for one …
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