It’s a birthday of sorts for me today – a decade ago on this day my life in Australia recommenced. I still remember the intense mixed emotions that eddied through my mind like a washing machine ...
I Come From A Land Down Under
Source: google.com.au via Donna on Pinterest Easter Saturday, April 2002, and England’s most industrial city, Manchester, is playing host to a gaggle of 7 over excited Aussie gals, intent to party ...
Dear "Shaggy", This year I promised myself I wouldn’t cry. Each of the last nine anniversaries since the world was robbed of your beautiful spirit, I’ve mired myself down in grief, focusing on ...
Where were you ten years ago, when time stood still?
Image from here It was the eleventh day of the nine month, year 2001. Sinking back into my office chair after returning from a lunch in the brisk London autumn sunshine, I spied an email pop ...
An Ode to Adam, on the eve of what should have been his 34th birthday…
The downside to having a memory-bank that makes an elephant look forgetful, (such as I do) is that certain dates and events stay frozen forever more, and always within your subconscious reach. For me, ...
Remembering Independence Day – A Decade On
April 17, 2001, a fresh faced 22 year old country girl, who’d never lived outside the confines of her comfort zone, let alone the small coastal town of Coffs Harbour that she’d forever known as “home” ...