Celebrating fall in the US couldn’t be more different from the way I normally celebrate fall in Australia. Because I don’t celebrate fall in Australia. Or even call it fall. I recently had to look up whether or not there actually are any native deciduous trees in Australia, and was surprised to find out that … [Read more…]
I hadn’t heard of the Virginia Creeper Trail until a few months ago. Since I knew that a Virginia Creeper was a type of climber, however, I figured it had got it’s name from the plant, rather than any issues with weirdos lurking about it. We stayed in a small town called Abingdon just in … [Read more…]
Those who know me well know that there no sentence guaranteed to make me lose enthusiasm for a kid’s activity more than “and then they get to do a craft!” Arrgh! Noooo!!!!! Not craft!!! It’s not that I see no benefit in kids taking part in making things. I see plenty – for creativity, fine … [Read more…]
Australia’s war on Halloween is similar to the War on Christmas in that it just involves some indignant grumbling rather than actual violence, but different in that it has nothing to do with religion. It’s a civil war, with one side excited about Halloween and desperately wanting to make it a bigger deal in … [Read more…]
I think some of the best travel advice comes from people who make the dumb mistakes. Who are ill-prepared. Who jump into it without as much planning and preparation as they probably should have, because they are lazy. People like me. My husband and I recently went on a road trip from Tennessee to Toronto, … [Read more…]