Amanda Robinson

  I have always been a great fan of story telling.  One of my fondest childhood memories is of my fathers amazing bedtime stories; of flying toilets and magical places, of incredible adventures and tragic tales.  I would sit in awe, night after night, listening in wonder to his stories;  hanging off his every word, as if he [...]

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.” ~Bill Beattie I have been spending what could arguably be way too much time, [...]

  I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago but didn’t post it…Im not sure why. Anyway, here it is… It is way past my bedtime and outside, the wind is howling like a pack of hungry wolves.  The rain is pouring down in bucket loads and it’s friggen freezing cold.  I have given up on [...]

“The Mother is the most precious possession of the nation,   so precious that society advances its highest well-being when                    it protects the functions of the mother.”                                                Ellen Key, 19th century Swedish writer    Last Sunday was mothers day and the first day in what seems like an eternity, where I was free of [...]

I came across these charming short films from Constantin Pilavios and wanted to share them with you.  Hope you enjoy them! YouTube Direct YouTube Direct

A funny thing happened the other day…well, it actually wasn’t that funny, but it was interesting and also a little disturbing to me….  Flynn has been playing with our neighbors little boy who is about the same age.  They often talk over the fence and most of the time Flynn scales our tree and they [...]

It’s no real surprise to learn that a staggering 99 per cent of maternal deaths occur in developing countries.  This Mother’s Day, Australia for UNHCR launches its Safe Mother and Baby Appeal.  For $26, you can buy a Clean Delivery Package for refugee women in need.  The packages contain 10 kits, each with an instruction sheet, [...]

  I have a really serious problem…our ferking cat ‘Sweety’ is a bloody vomit factory!  Agghhh, I have seen about every conceivable combination of regurgitated stomach contents that a cat could conjure up.  There’s the kind that is mostly fur ball, then there’s the grassy vomit and the pre-digested cat biscuits.  There’s the foamy yellow [...]

by Annie B. Bond Most modern synthetic cleaning products are based on age-old formulas using natural ingredients that were passed down through the generations because the chemistry was right. Going back to the original naturally derived ingredients is a way to make cleaning products that work, don’t pollute and save you money. Most are found [...]

  Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain This quote describes so beautifully how I [...]