Remaining on the food theme for a little bit, last week I had three of the kids with me at home and I decided I couldn’t stay in the house all day and took the two who wanted to come with me to a local food court where I knew I could get a Macca’s…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
Sausage roll recipe, candles, books, and hygge
Earlier this year, in the summertime, I was reading online in various places about the northern hemisphere winter; specifically how not to hate living through it, and more specifically the notion of hygge. Hygge isn’t trendy to the people of Denmark where it originates, it’s just apparently their attitude to staying happy through their very…
What is ‘carrying my daily cross’ really about?
As I move into middle age I see that increasingly, a big part of my daily cross is my experience of myself as I struggle to accept life as it is and be grateful for it, including the annoying and distressing bits that have been annoying and distressing me for five, or 10, or 20…
Last weekend
Last Sunday our big boy received his first Holy Communion, and it was a great day full of memorable moments. He was thoroughly spoilt by our extended family, including his godmother who made a wonderful cake (pictured). Everyone in our family tends to bring food when we have something on at our place – which…
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