on the edge of ordinary

Three years ago I wrote a six-article series for OMF US about home assignments, particularly about all the preparation that goes into one.* ...

In the last few weeks we've been working on putting a new-to-us plan into action. We've spent 4 ½ years of the last 25 years on home...

Happy New Year to you all! I started 2025 by writing that it wasn't going to be a dramatic year, and it really wasn't, compared to t...

I'm feeling pretty weary today. Yesterday morning I had a molar removed and abscess cleaned out under general anaesthesia. It took less ...

I started this week with some trepidation. We knew that on each of the first three days (Monday to Wednesday) we would hear news that was ou...

I didn’t want to get up this day. It was the first day of Australia’s four-day national long weekend: Easter (Friday to Tuesday). This weeke...

A close friend recently sent me a link to a very helpful Facebook post. It’s written by Martyn Iles, an Australia Christian who has had an u...

January is turning into quite a social month, as many people have a little more free time before school and many other activities start in a...

This is a different home assignment to any we've done before this. Mainly because we've got older kids who aren't in school anym...

Yesterday was the day we've been working towards: it's the day we decided months ago that we would finish our work (i.e. magazine ed...

I've had a full week to start the year, though perhaps not technically "busy". We spent NYE with friends playing board games a...

A Pacific rhododendron I spied at our meeting on Monday. Gorgeous! This week started with a wonderful influx of people-time. On Monday we ha...

Strangely, I'm still trying to adjust to no longer being in a period with no margin. The first two months of this year were really a bit...