Green bee
Hubby and I went to see the new Green Hornet movie last weekend. In 3D (why do they charge extra to show movie in 3D, and expect audience to hand back the glasses?). Both of us were fans of the Green Hornet of 60’s TV, which starred Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato. Kato was pretty good in […]
Day after Australia Day 2011
Part of my therapy, from something I read in The Mindful way through Depression is to make note of things that make me feel good. Because I have a tendency to dwell on the bad things! and I want to give the good things equal or better attention. So today, it was a so-so day, […]
Parents
After reading some of H.’s old journal I’ve come to understand a little more about how things were for him with my parents. I’m always sad about how this relationship fell apart. Ironic when I remember the irritation I used to feel, when it seemed like he put them up on a pedestal. Like I […]
Day three
Third day at home since the flooding; road to Ipswich is open but in a very bad state, H. got through but rang to let me know that it wasn’t a good idea to be on the road unless I really had to be somewhere. Rang work, and a lot of staff and volunteers have […]
Empty shelves
Up to Woollies supermarket yesterday, surprised by all the empty shelves – all the fresh milk gone, slim pickings in the fresh fruit and veg department, long queue for the fresh bread. Along each aisle empty spaces where there used to be bottled water, longlife milk, tinned food, sugar, flour. Displaced items sat on the […]
The floods
It’s a sunny day outside but damp underfoot, the flood waters out here have receded but are forcing thousands of Ipswich and Brisbane residents from their homes. Feeling very fortunate to have got off so lightly when many were lucky to escape with their lives. The TV is full of disturbing images of houses barely […]