Happy Sunday! It’s the last weekend in October, and I’m now thinking about getting organized for Christmas. We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia. November is when our stores switch into full-on Christmas celebration mode. Black Friday shopping is now a big thing in Australia (I’d rather we celebrated Thanksgiving than have Black Friday, but anyway…). […]

Happy Sunday! I love spring, and the beautiful spring flowers in my garden. The native Australian bottlebrush (see below) are one of my favorites because they’re hardy, easy to grow, and attract native birds like honeyeaters to our yard. Speaking of birds, I’m thankful the magpies have stopped swooping now their babies are out of […]

It’s Sunday, and it has been a hard week. The situation in Israel and Gaza can’t be ignored. I have a family member on the other side of the world who’ll be meeting Jesus any day. I’m also relieved I’m not writing this post from the hospital bedside of another family member. I’m thankful for […]

Happy Sunday! Last weekend, at the NRL football Grand Final, the pregame entertainment included a tribute to the late Tina Turner. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Tina Turner was wildly popular in Australia and she was the advertising face of Rugby League. Her song, The Best, will forever be associated with football in […]