A Yarn from the Road

"Come up to the homestead anytime," the farmer wife told us when we checked in to camp for two nights at this 78,000 acre cattle station in outback Queensland. So we did. The old man we met (her father) was no longer able to do a lot on the farm due to failing eyesight, but …

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Legacy Seeds

Have you ever been the executor of an estate? My husband is in the bizarre situation of being the executor of an estate for someone he barely knew and never personally met. We recently spent a few days categorising the contents of the deceased's house. There we were, sorting through someone's  life. Yet those things do …

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Shield and Sword

The laundry. Where all unwanted items in our house seem to end up. The latest item awaiting adoption in my laundry is a shield of armour. Left over from a theatre production perhaps? Upon quizzing the only theatrical member of our family I'm told "I'm going to use it for a kids church lesson and …

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