by Sarah | Apr 5, 2020 | Life
This week’s local rag was dated 1 April 2020, and while I’d like to think this is a hoax – I am afraid it isn’t. Apparently, out here in the country, we are stockpiling “chooks and ammo”. God help us. The chickens I can kind of...
by Sarah | Oct 1, 2019 | Life
One thing I’ll say about living in the country is that there are endless opportunities to engage with wildlife, for better or worse. I’ve had several encounters with frogs in my time in the beautiful Somerset region, mostly latrine related. This story doesn’t involve...
by Sarah | Dec 15, 2018 | Life
My oven is so big that I reckon I could almost fit inside it if I took out all the shelves. And no, I haven’t actually tried it. But as impressive as it is, for eight months after I moved in to my house, I didn’t use it.Was it my natural inclination to avoid cooking?...
by Sarah | Dec 15, 2018 | Life
Think life is always quiet in the country? Think again.After a trip to Canberra last year, I returned to find a Channel 7 news crew camped across the road from my little cottage. Hoping that someone from Channel 7 had read my novel and was desperate to interview me, I...
by Sarah | Dec 15, 2018 | Life
There’s nothing quite like a drive in the country. And as long as you don’t have a particular destination in mind, then I’m your girl. Generally, I like to be pretty loose about destinations because I don’t dig on maps. Just to be clear – I can read them, but it takes...
