on the edge of ordinary

The day after our son's wedding we farewelled our two younger sons as they flew back to Brisbane and then worshipped with my parents and...

More than half the 60 km into town from their property is on a gravel road. It’s more than two weeks since I last wrote here. In that time w...

We're getting close to being able to tell you the "end of the story", the end that we've been working towards and praying ...

I've been doing some heavy editing recently and my head is a bit heavy. I think writing a little today might be something of an antidote...

An important value in Japan is to not inconvenience other people (or, another way to say that is:  not annoying other people , as I wrote ab...

It might seem strange if you never lived in Tokyo, that we often ride our bikes here when we could drive (especially when the weather is nas...

I feel as though medical/paramedical stuff has taken a significant chunk out of our last two months in Australia. Looking back at the diary,...

This is Six Mile Creek, still running despite how dry everything is. We've had short, light showers only a couple of times since we ar...

Today I renewed my Japanese driver's licence. I now have had a Japanese driver's licence for about 17 years (and an Australian one f...

When we're out and about in japan, we often see interesting sights. One of the fun things of being in a country where people travel a l...