I’m not much one for interior design — and the world is generally very grateful — but when I see something like this I want to have it in my own house[1]. [1] And we’d like to have our own house.

Just what is the cosmic message this magazine rack is trying to get across?

While there hasn’t been anything major of note happening of late there are plenty of day-to-day events that make up our lives and I thought a post about some of them might be informative. The children have largely resumed their activities, some as before and others trying new things. Joshua is still working on his…

Those who have been a part of the social networking website phenomena would be aware that it can be a simple and effective way to stay relatively involved in the lives of good friends and loved ones. Indeed, half of our family now have profiles on one of the largest — Facebook — including myself,…

Just a short note to let people know that we haven’t been affected by the most recent fires in southern Californian. Though they were much closer than last year the winds directed them away from our place. Given their regular recurrence it is easy to be motivated to have emergency plans in place. We discuss…

Well it’s that time again — that’s right, the one year anniversary[1] of shifting to another new country. The transition this time has been easier in many ways but it’s never as plain sailing as one would wish for. Of course there is the fact that you are in a new culture — and despite…

Well not actually more room to read as more more room to place some of our reading material. One of the things about moving internationally with very little is obviously fitting/filling out the new place. Gaynor has had pretty much free reign in this regard, though probably a bit slower than she would have liked.…

Sorry, no catchy title for this post — it is simply an update on recent goings on. Remember, you can always check out our published calendar of activities with the “comings and Goings” link on the left hand side of this (and every) page. Firstly, Gaynor is hanging in there with the pregnancy. She has…

Since we are expecting a new family member our current conveyance — a Honda Odyssey — will not be sufficient to fit us all in. So rather than try and find an 8 seater vehicle (seemingly somewhat rare) we thought we’d go the whole hog and have bought an older 10-seater, and as the Americans…

Unfortunately, Gaynor was unable to make the big shindig of her mother’s 60th birthday. In lieu of her personal appearance we made a video to be shown at the party. Since it features us prominently, I thought it might be nice to make it available to all. So congratulations again Margaret and all our love.…