It is Christmas morning. I indulge the yearly ritual of playing five Christmas CD’s on spiral, which means sometimes the same song by the same artist coming...

I didn’t cry when I left my home of 22 years in Melbourne, but I cried when I left the apartment in Runaway Bay. This beautiful place which we called home for more...

Leaving Melbourne When we drove away from our home of 22 years we did not immediately drive to Queensland. We stayed at my sister Preethi’s home for a few weeks,...

I feel envious when I see someone sit down at a piano or keyboard, or pick up a guitar and start playing effortlessly. One of my longings from the time I was a child,...

I read an article in The Guardian today that prompted this post. Sarah Marsh writes about her experiences as a deaf person, having worn hearing aids since she was...

I am ready and impatient. My older sisters are taking their time getting ready. It’s starting to get dark – the in-between time in the tropics where...

What is joy? The Cambridge Dictionary describes it as ‘great happiness’ and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as ‘the emotion evoked by well-being, success, good fortune...

The drum set consisted of saucepan covers for cymbals, upturned pans, and an assortment of things that made sounds.  And a set of drumsticks.  The boy...