by Sarah | May 8, 2020 | Life
I have very caring friends – friends who are totally invested in my personal growth, friends who like to give me little gifts to guide me on my looooong and tedious journey to adulthood. It’s worth pointing out at this stage that this quest is one of their choosing,...
by Sarah | Apr 26, 2020 | Life
I recently watched a documentary on the ABC called How to Build a Time Machine. In fact I watched it twice. The second time I took notes. For real. So as you can probably imagine, I am now furiously drawing up plans and sourcing materials. I won’t share the details of...
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 | Mar 10, 2020 | Life
I love nature … but lately I’ve discovered that this love is conditional. My love of nature is conditional upon nature being where nature should be – outside. Once it breaches the perimeter though, all bets are off. One night recently, when I was hanging out on the...
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?...
