These past few days seem to have existed in a state of perpetual dampness. My photos and the slips of paper I have stuck to my walls have been curling up at the corners and the evaporative air conditioning seems to do nothing but make the tiled floors slippery. Today finally there is a small … Continue reading
Tomorrow I fly home. To my other home, the one with red dirt and white sandy beaches, eroding limestone and turquoise sea. To my family, though two of our normal number are off on their own adventures into the world and the shape of things has changed since I left. I go home to the … Continue reading
This has been a difficult post to write. I’ve written no less than four drafts and scrapped them all and have decided to just write without thinking too much about it (Somewhere in Perth, my former English teachers jerk awake in a cold sweat). So without further ado, I’ve decided to move back to Perth. … Continue reading
I know I’ve been quiet around here lately and a lot of that is the fact that I am in a routine with work and life in general. Spring is on its way and the temperatures are slowly starting to rise. A week ago I went for a walk through the Formby pinewoods with my … Continue reading
I know that people move all the time, they move houses, suburbs, states and countries but I felt utterly unprepared for the emotional and physical exhaustion that came from leaving my home in Perth to find a new home in a small village north of Liverpool in the UK. The last week feels like a … Continue reading
Lately I’ve had reason to muse on the nature of forgiveness. Specifically whether there is really any benefit in forgiving someone when you know that the behaviour will keep on repeating… Continue reading
