The following is a short story based on real life experiences. It honours friendship – in all its forms and recognises the enormous responsibility we have to those friendships – in all their forms.
Merry Christmas My wish for you is a very happy day, whichever way you choose to spend it. As many of my readers come from colder climes I thought it would be fun to write a little poem describing what Christmas is like for some of us in the Land Down Under. When we
A GIFT FOR THE PLANET Christmas is the day after tomorrow and before we get all sweet and emotional I’m going to tell you STOP! When the gifts have been opened and the food is eaten up you’re faced with the massive clean. It’s so easy to just chuck everything in bags for
HOW ARE YOU FEELING? Are you happy where you are right now? There are less than two weeks left of this year and it’s a good time to take stock and celebrate what you’ve achieved, acknowledge what you’ve learned and make a plan that incorporates unfulfilled goals and also the new ones. DON’T
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making Santa. SANTA – THE LEGEND LIVES ON Santa, that magical man with the round little belly that shakes when he laughs like a bowl full of jelly, has captured the imagination of children, and adults, for centuries. His legend traces back to the monk, St
A loved one who was feeling depressed recently blamed me, in part, for her state. The reason? My happy, positive attitude (on Facebook – the husband who lives with me would wonder who she was talking about in real life). That and my generally busy life were making her feel like a failure. I was
What does the Christmas tree mean to you? Is it a pretty accessory to mark the season or a treasure trove of memories and tradition? THE CHRISTMAS TREE – A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY Evergreen firs have been used by Christians and pagans for thousands of years to celebrate winter festivals. It is
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making angels. Angels play an important role in our celebrations of Christmas and are often seen topping trees. Soon after people first started decorating Christmas trees they started pretending that the angels had done the decorating, to make Christmas more exciting for children. They strung streamers
HOW MUCH BABYSITTING IS TOO MUCH? When my mother was pregnant with my sister her mother said: “you know I love you more than life itself, but don’t ever ask me to babysit”. Mum never asked and Granny never babysat, even when I came along eight years later and Granny was living with
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – making reindeer. This may surprise you but Rudolph barely made it into existence. That wonderful reindeer with the bright red nose was created in 1939 by Robert L. May for a Chicago-based company, Montgomery Ward. The retailer used to buy and give away colouring books and
