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It’s, like, really cold outside.

Especially for autumn.  Doesn’t the sky look deceptively blue and clear in the mornings? I race downstairs anticipating sunny warmth, only to have to run back up upstairs and throw on more layers of...

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Forecast for tomorrow: no germs

I’ve been looking forward to this weekend. It will be the first one in a long time where all three of us are relatively healthy and germ-free. Lots of sunny walks, cups of coffee, pilates, lazy...

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It’s not that I have to. It’s that I get to.

It’s an old clip that has done the rounds before (I first watched it on Nicole’s blog), but I still tear up listening to Robert McQuilken explain why he resigned as president of Columbia Bible College...

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Rug up this long weekend.

The beauty of not having a full time job is long weekends sneak up on you, like a pleasant surprise on friday afternoon. Ours is unusually packed, with lots of fun things planned. I’m also going to my...

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Black Swan: see it or skip it?

The biggest decision I’m making this weekend is whether or not to watch Black Swan on DVD (oh the exciting life we lead). I wanted to see it in the cinema, but chickened out after I found out a) it...

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Let’s celebrate with a wedding

What are you up to this weekend? The husband and I are going to a wedding up north; our second one since the little man was born. As I was a bridesmaid for the first wedding (cue flashbacks of...

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Catching our breath in the valley

This week, our family spent a couple of days at a homestead in the Megalong Valley, doing very little besides sitting by the fireplace, drinking red wine and going for walks between the intermittent...

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Natalie Portman named her baby ‘Aleph’.

I’ve had babies on the brain this week, as some good friends have just given birth to a little girl. On the other side of the world, Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have announced the name of...

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Newtown coffee is overrated.

Cafes in Newtown are like this season’s Masterchef. They promise a lot in terms of former reputation and hype, but fail to deliver on the actual experience. The other day, I had a few hours to kill...

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