on the edge of ordinary

For a few years now I've been using this last week of the year to write a blog post that reflects on the year past. In particular, I...

The last three years I've used some interesting and challenging questions to write this last post of the year, so I'm going to do it...

I love calendars. My preferred schedule keeper is a full month calendar page, even the portable diary I keep in my bag is a full month to a...

Side-by-side with last year's calendar to show the changes. It required some tight writing, with only two sentences per month. This...

Today I've been to my final Friday morning ladies Bible study at church, followed by going out to lunch together. Thankfully there were ...

I'm probably stretching it a little to call this culture shock, but we did get a little bit of a jolt on Sunday-Monday and it was largel...

Today I've been tail up, head down, editing articles for our next issue of Japan Harvest.  It's been fun, actually. Especially editi...

This is the time of year when I'm filling up my calendar. After a blissful week of almost no fixed appointments/meetings, I've fli...

Last night it was nearing midnight (well after my Cinderella hour) and I couldn't go to sleep. I realised I have a lot going around in m...

I have a feeling that the coming week will be a little like the last week of January. I didn't mention it in this post, but it wasn...

Did you know that today is the end of the year in Japan? Well, the end of the financial year and the school year. This flows on to be the en...

This probing question was asked of us yesterday by a friend. It was hard to answer, because we don't really have typical days at the mom...

I am a bit confused this weekend. It is a 'long weekend' due to public holidays, however with the retreat tacked onto the start my h...