My husband and I have been wrestling with a big decision these past few weeks. And I think we’ve finally made it. It’s time to go home. I’ve called many places “home” over the past six and a half years. First we spent five years in London and then we had the opportunity to move [...]

I can understand why Americans love Halloween and also why most of the Brits I know grumble about it so bitterly. Halloween is not part of the British culture. The traditional holiday in the UK at this time of year is Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, on 5 November. It usually involves [...]

St Mary’s Church, East Balmain; 4 April 2009 Rhia the bridesmaid and Emma the flower girl, followed by myself on my father Michael’s arm. Tweet

My husband has sent me a letter: “I hope to send for you soon. Some people in the west have ‘struck it rich’ as they say out here, and many others live off the gold dust from their claims.” Of course, the letter was actually an email. LOL. Tweet

For those of you who don’t already know, we’re moving out of London. My husband was offered a transfer to San Francisco by his company. Basically we thought, ‘why ever not?’ It’s a great opportunity professionally, San Francisco sounds like a wonderful place to live, it’s a lot closer to our home town of Sydney, [...]

What a difference a month makes! View from my kitchen window today: (More spring photos here). View from my window in early February: (More snow photos here). And for good measure, here’s the view from my window last November: Tweet

`The heaviest snow since 1991 transforms the capital. Snow in London is a rare occasion, to be greeted with wonderment and awe, even when we’re talking about less than 1cm of the white stuff sprinkling the ground for a few hours. So imagine the excitement when we get the heaviest (some news outlets says ‘worst’ [...]