It’s quite a nice thing to have series of days divided into months. If you are having a bad time on the whole, at least when a new month starts you can hope for a better go this time. And if you’ve been having a good time you can feel quite pleased at having overall a good…

Today was the first day back at school after a seven-week break for four of our kids.  One started high school, another started at the school his brother attends. Two years ago – the last time we had kids starting new schools – this day and the ensuring weeks did not go well due to…

Not that kind of visit, thankfully. This was fun, heading out to the world-renowned Victor Chang Institute with photographer Giovanni Portelli on Tuesday as part of my current gig at The Catholic Weekly. Professor Robert Graham, one of Australia’s leading scientists and head of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, is trying to find the cause…

I have an idea that readers of this blog might find useful some ideas (Sydney-based) for Sunday family days out which include Mass. Especially as it can be fun to experience different parishes and liturgies sometimes. Last Sunday was my brother-in-law’s birthday and the plan was to meet his family for yum cha at a…