Watching the rain come in off the Gulf this morning, it became abundantly clear that summer is over in South Australia.
As my mind starts to clear, as the load of a job that went is lifted from my shoulders, I’m realizing that I spent a lot of the summer with my jaw clenched. I let [...]
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Warm buttered is good. Oh, let’s just digest.
An open letter to a stay-at-home-Mum
This one may not go down well, considering the demographics of my readership.
As a general rule, I try to avoid getting sucked into comment stream dramas – mostly because I have better things to do with life. In most cases, I don’t even go back to a post after I’ve left a comment, just in [...]
Mercy’s eyes are blue when she places them in front of you
I can’t really do a travelogue post about our just ended week away on Kangaroo Island. My brain doesn’t work in that linear, Monday we did this, Tuesday we did that. Added to that, our particular holiday was one of isolation from the information world and one of the advantages of unplugging is that the [...]
Late evenings by the fire with little kicks inside her
I missed an important date a couple of weeks ago. Not really surprising as it’s not an official anniversary of anything. But in the scope of what I want to talk about today, it’s an important one. Eight years ago this month, on a frigid mid-Missouri winter night, I met Dr. O’C for the first [...]
And the course of a lifetime runs over and over again
She’s back and both her boys are elated!
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If my family tree goes back to the Romans, then I will change my name to Jones
It has turned out to be a big week for the families of A Free Man and Dr. O’C. We’re spread pretty far and wide, but in a lot of ways are closer for that. Speaking for myself, I think I talk to my folks more now than I did when we lived geographically closer. [...]
I’m glad I spent it with you
A long weekend in photos…
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Every single one of them named Jennifer
I love public transport. Not for the predictable lefty environmental reasons, though those are valid as well. The trip to and from work each day affords me an opportunity to warm up for and cool down from the day without the stress generated by fighting rush hour traffic in a car. Even better, however, is [...]
Laying round in bed on a Saturday morning
31 Dec 2008 at 13:03
A Free Man
American artists, Australia, Boy Z, Contests, Family, Georgia, Music
I’m coming to realize this week that holidays (vacations) as I knew them are over. In the past, holidays with Dr. O’C have been leisurely affairs – sleeping late, consuming novels like candy, leisurely walks on the beach, wandering through the ancient cities of Europe, luxurious dinners. Well, with the introduction of a toddler terrorist [...]
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the one holiday that is about gratitude, the one holiday that hasn’t been contaminated with rampant consumerism (although I imagine turkey farmers do pretty well this time of year). It’s all about friends and family and cooking up an indulgent dinner in the gloomy tail of autumn. For the [...]
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