Author: Carmel Glover

I have a confession to make. This year we broke the family tradition … but it’s not my fault. My husband made me do

A child sat beside me on my ‘writing seat’ this morning. A beautiful girl-child with thick tendrilly hair and bright sparkling eyes. “Can I

Perhaps you all know the story of Ryan’s well, but I didn’t until a friend told me tonight. Next time we’re feeling helpless in

I looked up ‘good news’ on Google, and there were 12,500,000 entries! I leave you to sift through them all 🙂 but this one

It’s SO hot and threatening to storm (which will hopefully lower the temperature somewhat). How I envy those of you who are having a

We never did put the lights on the tree. I was annoyed with my husband, who claimed to know where they were hiding. However,

This is the second PC in the house. The first was a very old, underpowered thing that Robbie (our techie friend) installed as server

Well, it came and went. R day that is. To most that means Retirement, but I say it’s Restart. Unisys (who ‘supports’ the Institute

At last … a Mac! Unfortunately on a dialup connection, and with a German keyboard (z is where the y should be … perhaps

Yes folks, just 29 hrs till blast off … oops, poor choice of language, let’s make that ‘lift off’. ASIDE: For the countless millions

Well, we’ve made it so far. Connections in Italy are trying to say the least. Coping with Windows, sticky keyboards, Italian directions and sometimes

I don’t remember writing anything obscene in my post from the Hotel Elite in Karlstad yesterday? So where has it gone eh? I couldn’t

Beth and John F, you can skip this) It’s been impossible to find enough time to communicate as I’d intended during my travels. In

It’s all Lysa’s fault, really. There was a time when I thought tissue paper was just … well … tissue paper. Don’t get me

The iPod has been banned by a private school in Sydney because it is claimed they lead to social isolation. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/03/21/1111253959952.html They might have

I like things to be perfect, but I don’t like spending the time to make them so. I’m more of a broad brush person