on the edge of ordinary

Ever since I stared writing here in 2009, I’ve been using this blog to reflect on the year just lived. For the last five years I’ve been usi...

A few day ago we came home from another camp. We spent four days in Samford Valley, just north-west of Brisbane. This one was a high school ...

Before we came to the Christian Academy in Japan in 2005 I'm pretty certain I'd never heard the phrase "culminating events...

The dominant theme in my week has been transition planning at work. Yes, I know, I've been thinking about this for months, and rightly s...

One of my jobs with our mission's social media is to come up with media posts, especially the text-parts. That sounds easier than it som...

Have you ever thought about the little exchanges that make up the bulk of connection with others? Our lives aren’t generally full of D&M...

A cross-cultural friend I know in Japan asked me this week: "Do you feel fully settled back in at home?" The last "nature...

So, what’s been happening in our edge of ordinary? A few things! It's hydrangea season. We get to look at this every day outside our lou...

A fellow writer said to me recently that she wants to write about the current situation, but is reluctant for a few reasons. There is a ...

Yes, it's the first day of school . . . again. It's our third in 18 months. First last July in Australia, then when we returned he...

I’m feeling really quite exhausted today. Last night was the senior graduation at CAJ. Though I didn't have a graduate, this event doub...

Today's been a messy day.  It was one of those days that it's hard to get traction on anything. Here's how it went (please be p...