I spend a lot of time on the road. I guess it is part and parcel of living regionally. I honestly don’t mind driving. In fact I enjoy it. I mutter endlessly, I sing like Adele, I sort out all my problems momentarily in my head or I just let my mind meander. Today I…
I am worried about my chooks. I went out to put them to bed last night and Regina the mother of the 6 thriving teenagers looked like she had been scalped. I am sure that she had a flap of skin hanging off her head. I could not get close to her as she was…
It is genuinely chilly at the moment and I am loving it. I have returned to my winter uniform of leggings and a jumper and I have been having endless cups of hot water. (I rarely drink coffee and tea is a treat so hot water is my go to drink – I actually crave…
It always takes me a little while to get into the swing of being child-free. I genuinely struggle in the beginning and tend to potter aimlessly whilst questioning the very quiet universe as to why the washing machine is not going constantly, why the house is so quiet or why I am not finding empty…
It is hard to believe that it is 2016. Time for resolutions, change and new beginnings – the start of the New Year is as good a time as any to dream big. I am very excited about the year ahead as I have lots of plans for My Notes from New England including the…
Everyone is so busy at this time of the year. School recently finished, Christmas is on its way, kids are on holidays and already there is this pressure to relentlessly entertain, presents are to be bought, Christmas day menus to be planned, the list goes on and on and on. Everyone I run into seems…
I have never been good with labels. Take Oprah for example. She has just taken Australia by storm with her tour of speaking engagements to massive arenas. She is a media mogul without a doubt – I am happy with that label. She is a billionaire – also a good label for her. As for…
I thought I was losing my mind this week though there were a couple of viable alternatives to insanity. Considering that nobody really wants to admit to losing their mind, I seriously gave a lot of thought to both. The first alternative was that someone was choosing random moments to break into my house. The…
I have been having one of those no good awful days; make that 2 bloody awful days. I woke up dark and twisted Monday morning and have not really become untwisted as yet. You know when it doesn’t matter what you do, what you think, what rays of sunshine you pump through your little Pollyanna…
I often wander to myself if I am destined to repeat some mistakes over and over again. I have always loved that quote by Anne of Green Gables “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” Sometimes, that little saying is quite reassuring when you go…
When I find a dish that I really love, I have a terrible tendency to repeat that dish over and over again until I am heartily sick of it. By the time I am finished making it for the 6th or 7th time, the thought of it actually makes me sick to the stomach. I…
After waxing lyrical about my love for the Tenterfield Baker last weekend I quite unceremoniously dumped him on Monday and decided to spend most of this week with Joe Cross the Juicing man. That might make me seem a little fickle, but the beauty of having many loves in your head simultaneously, means that you…