Merry Xmas to those that celebrate. Happy holidays to those that don’t. Here’s a Xmas/summer holiday poem for you. Enjoy Hooray it’s nearly summer the kids will finish school We can gather as a family…

The collective thuds echo around the country as our children walk into their homes, slide their bags across the floor and kick off their shoes.  The last remaining buttons popping off as they yank their…

Well if that’s not a headline grabber I don’t know what is. I’ll explain…. We are in the home straight. One week to go before schools out for summer (i wrote about a previous summer…

As schools around the world come to a parental-shattering shut down, teachers around the Southern Hemisphere rejoice. They throw off their collective robes, swat away the last remaining clingers, dance their way to the Xmas…

There’s an epidemic and it is taking its toll on most families here in Australia. It’s not a virus. It’s much worse. This is a specific type of unpleasantness. The type that you don’t realise…

I am miserable. I can’t shake off the warmth of the sun and the taste of the cocktails from our recent overseas holiday. End of holiday blues. I realise it makes me sound like a…

In Australia it is our summer holidays. We are currently into week 6 of an approx. 8 week school holiday. There is no beating around the bush. At this point in time I want to…