Sometimes you never know what’s around the corner, and for me that was last week. In the very early hours of Monday I woke up to a sick Barbarian. Before the day was out, we were in an ambulance on our way to hospital. Four days later, after living and sleeping in a chair by…
Health
It’s the little ouchies that hurt
Last week while we were on holidays, I was throwing the ball for Ludo on the beach. He’d pelt along the sand, grab the ball and run back. Well, he’d almost run back. What he’d actually do was climb onto a low concrete ledge where he’d drop the ball to watch it bounce down onto…
Games, set…match
I’m sure everyone has heard by now that Australia has booted top seeded tennis player, Novak Djokovic, from the country as he is not vaccinated, which goes against our border policy. I’m not going anywhere near the politics of it, other than to say, “rules is rules” and just because you are famous and good…
Great advice
One of Australia’s leading psychologists presented a webinar today run by Heckle’s school. He talked about student stress and mental health, particularly the extra issues covid has brought on our kids. It was quite an interesting workshop, and I definitely got some great tips. There was one thing he said, though, that particularly resonated. He…
Save Australia?
This week I was rather bemused to see protests in America wanting to “save Australia”. The thing is, Australia doesn’t want, or need, saving. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful to see such kind-heartened Americans taking time out of their working day to want to save us – I’m just puzzled what they…