I hope this basic archive might help you find something you are looking for, if not, contact me and I will find it for you. The articles appear most recent at the top of the list, and older ones at the end.

• the relocation so far…
• What are you willing to give up, to have what you want?
• tasks and tea…
• the last word…
• what goes around…
• critters…
• ooooops!
• but wait, there’s more…
• the mo-poke is back…
• the desk…
• home from the sea…
• ‘manopause and crowpedos’…
• ahh to remember…
• feed them and they will come…
• eyes of the beholder…
• the movable self…
• being human…
• so much to learn, so little time…
• my mind on minimalism…
• my tree and her moon…
• pretty good, sorta nice, kinda fun things…
• a solstice smile…
• twas just before Christmas…
• so far this lifetime…
• getting my mind right…
• what goes around, comes around…
• some crabby thoughts…
• the management apologises…
• dropping in for the views…
• a case for reimagining…
• moving right along…
• who’s in charge…
• trust the shoes…
• the good, the bad and the ugly footwear…
• lest we forget…
• something’s afoot…
• one foot in front of the other…
• ding, ding, ding…
• what we have to lose…
• scraping away the webs…
• after the blow…
• the gift of the little frog…
• a year of small things…
• the luck of it…
• No. You can’t have that.
• what can go wrong…
• my summer of wintering…
• one year ends, another begins…
• call me late for dinner…
• to see…
• the bricklayer and the painting
• green and gold*…
• the dream, so far…
• when I’m dead…
• adjustments and such..
• an affection for confection…
• if I knew where I was going…
• the slutmobile and the spider…
• take a minute…
• watching and the watcher…
• all the weather and love too…
• memorable, forgettable, edible…
• a year to be thankful…
• small things…
• the waiting game…
• just to be alive…
• 4.48
• if this isn’t nice…
• the collins street falcons…
• dingoes and lizards and birds…oh my!
• a pony tale…
• the valley…
• reading, listening, thinking…
• we have a life…
• last one out…
• safari, so good…
• Gondwana…
• a nervous time…
• too much of a good thing…
• Tristan da Cunha…
• disease, disappointment and pirates…
• a shivering tale…
• sharing their world…
• South Georgia on my mind…
• the Falklands…
• Buenos Aires to Ushuaia…
• what happens…
• travel and a shooting star…
• finding Amos…
• that which breaks us…
• loving a sunburnt country…
• circle of life…
• what stays in our hearts…
• fallow…
• viewer, reader, twitcher, life…
• ode to joy…
• land of the Basque…
• a curious woman sees…
• long live books…
• hurts so good…
• shifting focus…
• let it go, and move on…
• giddyup to the coffee horse…
• a survival story…
• the stories within us…
• the road to Fleur’s place…
• nothing lasts forever…
• land of milk, honey and Wapiti…
• land of the long white cloud…
• on poetry and ordinary things…
• a voice from the ages…
• this morning, this moon, these atoms…
• find your powerful…
• the long hot summer…
• the comfort of food…
• remotely challenged…
• sixties and you’re done…
• of lizards and life…
• a summary of summer things…
• the dingo chronicles…
• breathe in life
• the perfect gift
• early risings…
• Are you OK?
• be brave…
• The blossoming.
• the murky truth…
• the howls and the quiet…
• when you know better, do better…
• the Red Centre is dripping with change
• gone, with a whinge…
• resilient…
• a path diverging…
• a list of lists…
• what Christmas looks like at my house
• living dangerously…
• book report for 2016
• the lessons of pain…
• 5 questions to ponder…
• please watch this…
• i am an immigrant…
• the ‘failed’ cobweb…
• Cook’s Edit: Pasta and Beans with Kale
• a small thing…
• Travel theme: Hills
• the outer kingdom and inner dominion…
• the opposite of darkness…
• a tale of two thongs…
• finding beauty…
• it’s not over til it’s over…
• where does the sea of modern media take you?
• a pause for thought…
• Boggy Hole…
• the gold and the ring…
• the euphoria of bread and butter pudding…
• reflections on tree day…
• pearls of synchronicity…
• every trip has a story…
• a frosty few words…
• the five year mark…
• hail hath some fury…
• the gift…
• revised overnight sourdough, and the trouble with no bubbles
• in the grip of gidgee…
• those three little words…
• …connections, the gifts we give to ourselves
• karma can be a pain in the butt…
• the coming and going…
• is quality the casualty of a corporate world?
• a few quiet days…the magic fix
• bridges of the past…
• a soup story
• breakfast and more…
• seeing more clearly
• eccentric or just uninhibited?
• a Melbourne moment
• playing with my food
• it’s a bird eat bird world out there!
• my experience with a personal trainer
• thoughts of an artist…
• the strain of it all…
• where to from here?
• all’s well that ends…well…
• what I read in 2015
• the gift of a lifetime…
• cast iron Christmas, In My Kitchen-December
• after the Madmen
• supporting my habits
• are you Here, or are you Lost?
• a pumpkin epiphany–In My Kitchen, November
• the creative life
• seeing the light at the end
• by the light of the silvery moon
• treadly trend?
• travel is my cheesecake
• you are invited to my virtual exhibition…
• more tidbits from the traveler
• tidbits from the traveler
• that which was meant to be…
• a tale of two bears
• In My Kitchen – September 2015 (how the Ghan nearly ruined my Spanish lunch)
• does having fewer guns make us helpless?
• a nod to the blog
• what’s in a name?
• what is your superpower?
• In My Kitchen August 2015
• old friends, new experiences
• the surprising Outback…
• seeing the light
• IMK July 2015– flashback to 1968
• dinner at Stefano’s
• rain in the red centre
• IMK June 2015 (how I use my slow cooker)
• the beauty of Melancholy
• just a little detailing…
• the yellow challenge
• when things come together…
• ANZAC in our memories
• less is more…
• traveling on my stomach…again…
• Oh, Fleurieu!
• it’s an Instameet!
• light chaser and the moon
• in my kitchen, March 2015
• a ‘no news’ week
• seeing death with new eyes
• hello #200
• in my kitchen – Feb 2015
• a post rain chin-wag
• After the rain…
• When the rain comes to Alice…
• IMK January 2015
• what I read in 2014
• four days in Sydney
• a visit to the country
• In My Kitchen–December 2014
• vale Phillip Hughes 1988-2014…
• in my back yard…
• Where travel takes us…Pt 2
• Where travel takes us…part 1
• do your work, then step back…
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• In My Kitchen – October 2014
• We’re the People – Sydney jogger
• a hungry woman chases Spring
• We’re the People – Alice Springs – Beach Volleyball
• all that’s sugar is not sweetness
• We’re the People – Granada, Spain
• In My Kitchen – September 2014
• We’re the People – Alice Springs
• We’re the People – Alice Springs
• the sharp with the soft
• We’re the People – Istanbul
• International Scone Week – August 2014
• We’re the People – Budapest
• In My Kitchen – August 2014*
• a bald man in Budapest
• In these uncertain times…
• We’re the People
• in the eye of the beholder…
• dark moments of a Light Chaser…
• your dreams miss you…
• In My Kitchen – June 2014
• Chasing the Light
• One for the road
• Add some zest to your life!
• the gift I choose…
• To sip or snap?
• It’s not about a present, its about Presence.
• In My Kitchen – May
• What do you pack?
• No sting, no cry.
• Autumn in Alice
• The Smell of the Wild
• What is Real?
• In My Kitchen – April 2014
• O to be Organised
• Let’s play, spot the glasses.
• A Short Guide to a Happy Life: Anna Quindlen on Work, Joy, and How to Live Rather Than Exist
• If wishes were horses…
• Always look up
• In My Kitchen – March 2014
• The days are long, the years are short
• What I did when the internet was out
• The week that was.
• Why we have eyes
• Coffee and a story…
• In My Kitchen – February 2014
• Dyffryn
• Home and Away
• the camera and the app
• In My Kitchen
• beauty where we find it
• Out of my Comfort Zone
• one camel, no wise man
• fresh in the desert…
• the Christmas tree farm
• learning… and understanding
• Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
• magical living
• Kicking it with Kiki
• Perfectionism in Writing
• Shaken and definitely stirred!
• Before, After and the Journey
• The world is too much with us
• Changing the flow
• The ‘W’ word
• A daughter’s wisdom, a mother’s musings
• Wine Dogs of Australia (and other odd things)
• The pub.
• Lunch at Naracoorte
• We’re not in Kansas anymore.
• Come back to the fold.
• Restraint? – hold on a minute!
• A wedding? Keep your britches on!
• Euphoria Inversion – Remedy
• Spring in arid country
• Standley Chasm
• A Philosopher’s Stones
• The Little Desert Pea
• Himself
• Go for the Gado!
• Give me a head with hair…
• IMD (In My Day)
• New pet anyone?
• Re-blogging: The Man at the Gate
• The Twist in the Tale of Whistler
• The Vancouver Vibe
• Bits and bobs, odds and sods
• A Visit to Ohio
• Pollywog Point
• Handa Island
• The Ben Loyal Hotel
• Aberdeen to Inverness
• Brora to Tongue
• Inverness to Brora
• Oxford
• Bristol to Bridgend
• Back to Oxford for the first time
• Sydney to Bristol
• Darwin – now
• How the Woman got her Man – The Prequel/Pt 2
• How the Woman Got Her Man (and a new country in the process…)
• Moving to Australia-Darwin Poison
• Super Moon, or Not.
• Just dandy!
• Breast MRI
• Only 3 meals a day?
• Finke follow-on
• Finke
• ‘Plan B’
• Munch-able Muesli, Great Granola
• Something or nothing?
• ‘Love birds’ camp
• Traveling on my stomach
• Bird Camps
• What I See From My Back Doorstep
• Granny’s Secret
• Life at 60
• Have the conversation.
• Mother’s Day
• Grief
• Postal Service Anyone?
• My Cups
• Pardon My Confusion
• Dad
• Be a duck.
• Ten Thousand Hours
• Feeding an ego.
• Improving my view
• Home Again
• Do it.
• Happy Dancing
• “If you cannot be the poet, be the poem” – David Carradine
• What’s in a Number?
• May 20th
• Mother of the Year!
• The Happiness One Suffers
• The Church in the Wildwood
• Springtime in Bethel
• The Power of Words
• Too Old for Encouragement?
• Passing Great Grandma’s ‘baton’
• She is gone.
• Tears on Toast
• ‘Sneaking up on it’
• Full Circle Moment
• “C’MON!!!”
• 2011 in review
• Simple Things
• When Saying ‘No’ means ‘Yes’
• Breathe
• Remembering Ivy
• More Truth About Travel
• The Truth About Travel
• Be Careful What You Say
• 60th Anniversary
• Lemonade
• 9/9/11
• After the treatment
• Being home
• There are no ‘Coincidences’
• Penultimate Day
• A leap of faith
• Journey to Nostalgia
• Daffodil Day
• What I’ve learned (so far) from Cancer
• My team
• The ‘Pink Thing’
• “You wouldn’t worry about what others thought of you, if only you knew how little they do”
• Counting blessings
• Make every second count.
• TGIF
• Our sense of Wonder
• So Much to Enjoy!
• Radiation
• Treatment or transformation?
• What Cancer Cannot Do
• Saturday
• A day in my life
• A long day in August
• Four Star Lunch
• A Game of Chance
• A Bird in the Hand
• Living in the moment
• Just another day in Paradise