I was only going to buy a couple of things at the supermarket. But as I went up and down the aisles, (because I was not at my usual shopping centre and I did not know where everything was) I started remembering there were a few more items that I needed. Oh yes, the ketchup was low and I needed more toilet paper. Soon my arms were full. I had not got a trolley at the front of the shop or a basket for I was only getting a few items, ha ha ha. As I turned the corner of the aisle and I reached out for that one last…

There is an in-house joke in our family that when one of the adults say that they are hungry they are offered fruit or nuts to eat but when the grandchildren say they are hungry they have a selection of a small packet of chips, a sweet biscuit or cookie or another treat that may be in the house. And so it was after offering some mixed nuts to my adult son Joel (who kindly declined) I poured out a few into my hand and looked down at them. Thoughts started entering my mind. Questions. I wonder how old the nuts are? (Probably ancient because my children so often decline…

It started out as a normal day. Having breakfast, doing the dishes, putting on the washing, mopping the house……Then “it” started. Someone close to us was living in the close vicinity of a positive Covid test and the whole housing complex was put into isolation. Actually the whole street has to be tested and then stay in isolation. Then the area of impact of possible infection got expanded. The phone calls started. The discussions of who has enough food, essentials. Who needs extra help? Any neighbours in need? Have you had your covid-test yet? All the questions. So it ended up two members of my family came to stay so…

I walked into the room because I could hear crying. Four of my grandchildren were sleeping over because their Mum and Dad had gone out to dinner. My daughter asked if “they could sleep the night, go to Church with you and be picked up the next day after lunch?” And so they did. They were all in the tv room. Charlotte who is 11, Eden 10, Aubrey who is 6 and Willow who is 3. They had just finished watching a movie. Trying to find a movie that they are all interested in watching together does not work so well anymore as the age gap gets extended from preteen…

We moved into our existing house about nine months ago. A house that is 20 odd years old and has very low maintenance needed on the property which suited both Bruce and me. On the day the furniture removalists arrived there was a knock at the door, even though the door was wide open. Bruce went to answer the knock and that is when we first met George. George is a wonderfully gentle man of 87 years. Reminds me of Mr Miyagi, a Japanese karate master in the movie Karate Kid. He would come to the previous owners every six weeks or so and prune and manicure the bushes and…