One of mine and K's favourite things to have happened, is to become part of the yearly invite to amarillion's family Christmas dinner. It's a huge affair, with heaps of food and lovely smiling people from several families and often friends (like us!) too :) K has become part of the carving team, and this year I contributed a pavlova - honestly, the best ( Read more... )

It's been filled with poetry, inspiration and love.

It's also been filled with support and connection, and has left me feeling loved, and grateful.

First of all, a huge thank you to subtle_eye who spent hours on unravelling style sheets for me today courtesy of Word 2007 being... difficult. I learnt lots and usually I can fix my own problems like this ( Read more... )

Reasons why getting out of bed today is good:

- more reading of calli's book 3.
- hot soup for lunch i think
- great coffee on the way to work
- new appreciation for being generous and compassionate in conversation... hopefully meeting with boss will go better.
- dinner with aescapulius' mum tonight - I finally get to meet her ( Read more... )

But no brain ( Read more... )

I am home in bed and this is lovelyThat said, I miss Melbourne already. I am perhaps trying to convince someone to run away to Melbourne with me later this year ( Read more... )

It was my Mum's birthday on Friday, and we're going out to dinner tonight, but they were on their way back from Harvey and dropped around.

I gave Mum her birthday present, the first I've given her in a couple of years and she really liked it.

fleur_du_soir helped me pick it and it really was perfect for her ( Read more... )

I wanted to make sure to post about this, since I'm currently not doing very well, not coping very well and finding things Hard ( Read more... )

* Star Trek has reached first full draft stage. Spent far too long trying to get my head around the Cold War ( Read more... )

* Wonderful dinner tonight with wonderful company all around. Well wishing for travelling was had! Amazing curry and dessert *worships* rabbit1080 and her kitchen assistant shrydar for cooking, and for hosting us ( Read more... )

1. What culture(s) would you say you belong to?

I would say I belong to several cultures...

I belong to that global culture of being a human feeling that connection with other people - this is something I only recently really got but it's awesomeI belong to Australian culture - sometimes I feel tied to it in ways that fill me with joy and pride ( Read more... )