I know we’re not there yet, but let me sing October’s praises for a sec. It is just the BEST, firstly because it’s mid-spring in Sydney, which is always glorious and a little taster of heaven. I also have a significant birthday this October (yes, that’s code for ‘I’m turning 40’), my husband and I…
Quieten the body, quieten the soul
This is a column of mine published last month in The Catholic Weekly. The photo is of the stunning petunias currently at my front door – I planted them last spring and they’ve grown back brilliantly, I didn’t know annuals did that?? This month I helped to run a retreat for mothers at the Mt…
Refugees at the dinner table
I often check for news on my phone as I prepare dinner of an evening. Recently, after all the children had sat at the table, jumped up at hearing their Daddy come home, hugged and chattered to him, and sat back down again; after grace was said and water poured into cups, and the plates…
Countdown to 40 and a year well spent
Hi all, I know I’m not doing the blogging thing much but I’m still here! This is just a quick note – only a month separates me from my 40th birthday, so I thought I’d revisit my 40 by 40 list of things I wanted to have done by then. Check out the updated list…
Marilyn Rodrigues 