on the edge of ordinary

I've been thinking about time. That it takes more time and chronological distance to process things than we often allow. We live in the ...

It's starting to look as autumnal  as it feels in Tokyo. I am grappling with what it means to call myself a writer. I've been doing ...

I wrote back in October that our schedule was less busy than we were used to, that has continued. While we came back to Australia with some ...

Last week we started to see a bit more spaciousness in our schedule. Finally! This year has been a fairly continuous hard slog. By God's...

It's been a weird week and I haven't been able to settle well to work that needs deeper concentration. The main thing to blame is my...

This is a lifelong challenge for most of us. I see my kids struggle with it, my friends and colleagues, and of course myself. Coffee is one ...

Last week I had a virtual coffee with one of my best friends in Australia. We love touching base and always come away feeling encouraged, an...

I'm trying to sort through what's going on in my head. Most days this week I've felt lethargic and unmotivated. I'm not sure...

Yikes, feeling frustrated about my blog. I truly want to write more here, but find that my days fill up and come to an end before I get here...

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,...

It's been a crazy-busy week. Or should I say month or year?  When people ask what we've been doing recently, they usually wonder i...

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. ...