I waited all day for that phone call. Two oclock, three oclock, my anxiety levels increase. By 4 oclock I had decided that I would now have to wait till Monday - Another two days! It had alll started the week before - Thursday 7th of February. I was laying in bed reading when I felt that lump. Was it … Read More
2013 – How did you get here so fast?
This time last year I was going to be the best blogger of all time - a way to journal and keep track of life.I was going to finish my book.I was not going to work so hard and spend more time with my family.I was going to get fit and take care of my self.I was going to take the time to smell the roses - or at least in the tropics, smell the … Read More
Where has the year gone?
I made a few promises earlier this year. 1. That I would keep all my bank statements, receipts and accounts in order, so that when TAX TIME loomed I only needed to spend an hour or two and it would all be organised. Well here it is - now early August and I still haven't done anything. I have pulled the folders out and walk past them three times … Read More
The Bombing of Darwin
As I watch the Bombing of Darwin ceremonies in Darwin in reminds of when my younger brother Billy Tapp and I spent a year at school there in 1965 with my Aunty Pat and Uncle Rex Forscutt in the seside suburb of Nightcliff . We used to play at the beach most afternoons and regularly picked up large bullets - We would take them home and Uncle Rex … Read More