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after christmas comes….

10 Jan

WEEK FIFTY-TWO (december 26- jan 1) After Christmas comes Boxing Day. This day’s ritual is the Mullen family get together and this year, with parts of both interstate families in attendance, the venue, not ours anymore thankfully, is at bursting ... Read more »

what was the panic all about?

10 Jan

Jan Mullen

WEEK FIFTY-ONE (december 19-25) It is the week before Christmas and the countdown cannot be denied. Panic is setting in as it will be a big week of cooking, cleaning, babysitting and working as much as possible on the ‘wedding ... Read more »

putting off works well with solitude

19 Dec

Jan Mullen

WEEK FIFTY (december 12-18) I put off, put off, put off making gingerbread till I could put it off no more. On Sunday morning, after putting away the market fruit and veg, I hunkered down with Richard Feidler’s last ‘Conversations‘ ... Read more »

this is soul food

12 Dec

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-NINE (december 5-11) The year both accelerates and compresses in the weeks before Christmas but the title for this weeks post could have been one of many things; feeling the pressure / under the pump / Christmas bah-humbug…. OR ... Read more »