by Hannah on May 16, 2012
While searching last night for a work document saved to an unknown destination on my laptop, I stumbled across a page of dreamily-written notes secretly stored during the witching hours of a black-shining night in Florida. I closed my eyes and there were memories, memories. The low murmur of voices around a hotel pool at [...]
by Hannah on April 22, 2012
Burnished gold. Sweet caramel. Chewy coconut and sesame seeds. Spicy ginger. This Caramel Coconut Ginger Slice is easy to make, and even easier to eat (as long as you like crystallised ginger). The sweetness of caramel and white chocolate is balanced by the spicy kick of a full half cup of crystallised ginger, and the [...]
by Hannah on February 14, 2012
1. I’ve been house-sitting for my parents for the past week, and have loved having a great big house all to myself. Except, last night, at 1am, I realised that there was a whole section of the house that I hadn’t stepped foot in for six days. This, of course, led to me deciding that [...]
by Hannah on October 21, 2011
I’m in awe. I’m in awe, and I’m grateful, and I’m bubbling with delight. Would you like to know why? (No, the universe didn’t drop a round-the-world plane ticket into my lap, although Qantas did inform me today that I have enough Frequent Flyer points for a one-way trip to New York. One-way. Yeah, thanks [...]
by Hannah on October 15, 2011
For most of my life, my maternal grandparents have lived up the road from me. It’s been utterly wonderful to be able to walk to their place for a chat, a cup of tea, a hug, and/or a game of 500 or Cribbage. However, I also experienced many magical times with my grandparents before they [...]
by Hannah on October 11, 2011
Several posts ago, I mentioned that three beautiful chums of mine have recently found themselves wearing mopeypants, stressjackets, and/or whimpershoes. I spoke a little bit about how I’ve tried to make life shimmer more brightly for them, but I didn’t give you the whole story. After all, writing shout-outs of support to friends through my [...]
by Hannah on August 29, 2011
I’d like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, everyone who has sent well wishes to my grandpa (and my family) since his major surgery several weeks ago. Grandpa’s doctors are amazed at how he’s going post-surgery, but the reality is that he’s 91 and the recovery process is going to take some time. [...]
by Hannah on August 5, 2011
Sometimes, I do this slightly stupid thing. And by “sometimes”, I mean “three times in the past two months”. And by “this slightly stupid thing”, I mean “I buy three avocados via a three-for-four-dollars deal, they all ripen at once, and then I find myself standing in the kitchen remembering that I don’t actually like [...]
by Hannah on July 31, 2011
Thank you so much for sending your positive thoughts and support to my grandpa and family after Friday’s post; we truly appreciate your well-wishes and your kindness. Grandpa thankfully came stoically out of what was a very long and difficult surgery, and is already charming the nurses with his jokes (we, his family, have always [...]
by Hannah on July 14, 2011
We all make mistakes sometimes. These mistakes can be immediately insignificant and easily forgivable, like the time I mixed up baking powder and baking soda and served my family an utterly flat Indian Corn Pudding. Lesson learnt from this mistake: Read the recipe properly. Sometimes, mistakes can be mortifying, and it can take years for [...]