on the edge of ordinary

Recently I spent time editing three short articles by colleagues from my organisation. They all were about staying healthy on the mission fi...

Inspired by a month of posts by expats about their kitchens by Taking Route Blog #thisglobalkitchen, I'm going to tell you about mine. ...

Oops, I only just saw a comment on my post in May about household jobs and negotiating with teens. My friend asked me to post our list of j...

Writing yesterday's post made me very sad for several hours afterwards. So today I want to tell you about some joy I had yesterday.  ...

Summer holidays are rushing to an end and I want to write a little about how things have gone in the realm of time-management for the boys. ...

This week we've quickly gotten into a new temporary rhythm. Another photo to help me remember our time away... The boys have swap...

Life around our place has been very cruisy. Not much getting done beyond the basics. We're sleeping late and going to bed late. And gett...

We had a lack of sun in September and it's continuing. This morning it's really cloudy again. Though the weather report says no rai...

I've been feeling a little out of sorts recently. It's a combination of factors. I'm missing people and that grief has hit harde...

My home office-corner I usually work from my desk at home, in the corner of our dining room. There are many things accomplished f rom t...

Today's drama is barely over and I'm mourning. This oven has been given a thumbs down. But the story hasn't ended yet. There ...