My column recently published in The Catholic Weekly I like cooking for my family. I sometimes grab the free supermarket magazines for recipe ideas, get my kids involved in our family dinner, and we have lots of fun, and the whole thing is very fine. What turns up on our dinner plates each night is…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
Being a (more) peaceful parent
I’ve just recorded a few radio spots for The Journey radio podcast. My two-minute input is called the Peaceful Parent – which really, if you know me, is kind of an in-joke, such that I don’t even know the punchline yet, but I trust that God does. The podcast airs on different stations around the…
A blog post about nothing*
Wow it’s been quiet here on the blog. I haven’t checked in for a while and obviously not many others have either. I’ve been busy, and seriously working on improving my use of time; making the most of those odd and unplanned bits of free time with the kids (impromptu walks, games of musical statues etc.),…
The once-a-year habit that keeps me sane
My happy place has undulating hectares of tall, golden grass marked by wire fences and wide, welcoming gates, generously dotted with cow-pats and little shrubs, clusters of tall eucalypts, and a tranquil dam that shelters a family of black swans and other birds, frogs and crickets.
Marilyn Rodrigues 