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cars and coffee shops.

“There were two silver cars, one was really smashed up on Wharf Road and the other was on the other side of the road against the bank” The chatter of locals at the coffee shop this morning over their fresh brews. That was me. I was the second car against the bank. “Surely speed must…
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cost of a smile.

We stopped into our local caravan coffee shop at the town basin on Saturday for one of their delicious coffees. I have a crazy weird obsession with takeaway coffees. Drives Matt insane. Heading into town “Should we get a coffee?”. Going away for the weekend “Should we pick up a coffee?”. Sunday “Should we go…
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washing line.

Hanging out the washing this afternoon it was hard not to notice the variety of what was being hung. Small Elmo pajamas, country road jumpers, basketball bibs, work shorts. Undies that take 10 pegs, undies that take 2. It got me thinking… I am not really a fan of the whole hanging out of the…
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the lost years.

The last two and a half years have given more to the authors of history books than it has to the writers of diaries. Decades from now scholars will have a wealth of material for their accounts of this pivotal time, but when the people who lived through it look back on the timelines of…
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