Go figure: my blogging year in review
It’s the last night of 2012…and the helpful little “helper monkeys” at WordPress have been as busy as Santa’s elves putting together an annual report for…
My year in pictures
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but it’s good to reflect on the year that’s past and at the places life has taken me over 2012,…
Gifts, giving and gratitude
As we battle with last-minute gift-giving dilemmas, and curse roundly as we circle the shopping centre car park in a seemingly interminable search for an elusive…
An empty place at the table
Christmas can be the loneliest, saddest time of year for some people. They may not even be alone, but there may be that sense of loneliness…
My Christmas card list
It’s the middle of December, and so far I’ve only received one Christmas card. From my mother. And somehow, I won’t be surprised if it’s the…
A cruising caper
As I’m heading for Sydney’s Circular Quay, my weekend companion calls me for the location of our rendezvous point. “Where exactly is the Overseas Passenger Terminal?”…
The joy of serendipity
Serendipity is a wonderful word. It means, according to my dictionary “the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident”. It is also a word…
Loosening up with lomi lomi
There are few better ways to begin or end an overseas trip than with a massage. And in Hawaii, I managed to do both. The first…
Silly not to shop
I’m not really much of a shopper. And frankly, I get a bit irritated by the assumption that all women like to shop. I seldom shop…
In the pink at the Royal Hawaiian
I’m in the pink. Literally. Wrapped in a soft cotton candy-striped bathrobe, sitting on a pink-flowered chair in a hotel room with a feature wall of…
A Glass Half Full 