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Week of 13 October 2025 I had this week off work. Hurrah! It was the week after school holidays. It’s weird. Now I don’t have a school-age child living at home, I have no idea when school holidays is and the only way I notice is there is less...

Week of 15 September 2025 This week started where last week left off: In Melbourne for Kramstable’s birthday. But, alas, we had to come home, and navigating the airport was Not Fun. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing....

Week of 21 April 2025 This year Anzac Day fell in the same week as Easter. A lovely week off I was one of those fortunate people who was in a position to take annual leave on Wednesday and Thursday to give me a ten-day break between Easter Friday...

Planes and boats . . . and a whale Week of 3 February 2025 A hard week. Perhaps the hardest one yet. But also some light. The final week And not even a full week. The week leading into the day I’d been dreading since I found out Kramstable...

Week of 27 January 2025 This Sunday was the last day I got to cook mac and cheese aka cheese and noodles (or was it cheesy noodles?) for Kramstable. (If you’ve been reading along, Kramstable is about to leave home to go to university in Melbourne. It’s been a...

Some more of week 3 and the start of week 4. Conversations and change A wonderful conversation My post about Kramstable getting ready to leave home received a lot of responses, and I thank everyone who took the time to leave me a comment. I appreciate your kindness and...

Sadness settles in Week of 6 January 2025 The first full week of 2025. It was . . . challenging. The story of moving out The story begins when Kramstable said he wanted to live in Melbourne. He first mentioned this a few years ago but that’s all I...

Week of 30 December 2024 It feels weird to call this week 1 because it started in 2024. But hey, my diary says it’s week 1, and I’m beholden to a paper planner, so week 1 it is. This week was half a week of holidays, two days of...

Week of 2 December 2024 Another week where everything fell apart, and I know that’s black and white thinking and everything didn’t fall apart but at times it sure felt like it did. I was still recovering from the injury I did to myself last week, and a lot...

Week of 18 March 2024 After a fabulous Tasmania Reads week, I got to exercise my democratic right to vote on Saturday. I’m leaving this election day outfit here. If you know, you know. Songs of the Sea I suppose you could say Friday night’s conversation about Tasmanian wild...