Our family’s weekend plans were delightfully interrupted by the early arrival by two weeks of my nephew. I now have two nieces and two nephews, how good is that? I was putting the coffee pot on the stove on Saturday morning when I casually checked my phone and saw I had a few missed messages…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
What I won’t miss about lockdown
Next week our kids will return to classes at school, except for the eldest who only has her HSC final exams to go. My husband and I return to the office in December, but I’m already out and about quite a bit – there were ordinations to the priesthood on Monday and a meeting at…
Prize-winning stories
A few weeks ago the newspaper I work for won six awards at this years’ Australian Catholic Press Association conference. Three of them were for stories I wrote last year, which was nice. In December I visited Forbes, Parkes and Condobolin in central west New South Wales and met kids, parents, teachers, and priests who…
What I’m enjoying at the moment
Spring is still bursting forth with all its loveliness. The neighbourhood jacarandas will be in bloom in a couple of weeks. The camelias and azaelias have finished their shows. In my little pot garden I’ve planted radishes, lettuce and Italian basil and tomatoes. A pot of giant apricot-coloured gerberas and another of deep red ranunculus…
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