We’re at the 3 week mark! 1/4 of the way into the anticipated 3 months – and the building project is powering on! Today I sit in our new berugak,… [Continue Reading]
A new home in just three months! Really?
I’m living in The Land of Three Months, aka Indonesia. That’s how long everything seems to take here. I’m told it will again take three months to get my next… [Continue Reading]
Hiya!
Hello from whynotstories! 😊 A few years ago I hadn’t even heard of Lombok. Then tragedy struck and my life was changed forever. Now I’m living a new chapter of my… [Continue Reading]
Yogi shemogi
It was my friend’s first ever yoga class. I’d been encouraging her for a while and, even though she was still apprehensive, she’d finally said yes. We went together on… [Continue Reading]
You can’t win if you don’t play!
Remember the Beach Boys’ song, “Wouldn’t it be Nice If…”? All Aussies know it really well because it became a ditty on a famous tv ad. It’s the soundtrack to… [Continue Reading]
Around the next corner – buying land in Indonesia
The Next Road on this Journey called Life (warning: another marathon bloggy) At Christmas time I was lucky enough to go to England to spend it with my amazing daughter,… [Continue Reading]
Rubbish!!
Sadly not everything about ‘my’ beautiful island is idyllic. This time of year it gets pretty hot and humid, and all year round there’s plagues of pesky ants, there’s a… [Continue Reading]
Mind your Ps & Fs
Here’s a bit of a lighthearted (I hope!) read about Indonesia… The Indonesian language is actually not the first language for Indonesian people. Their native tongue will be Balinese, or… [Continue Reading]
Still
Two years today, this morning… a mere fragment of time really; an eternity. Here’s my poem of the moment. Writing poems helps me cope. Sharing to honour. With love for… [Continue Reading]
Childhood freedoms
Forty years ago. One October, when I was six, my family left Holland and arrived in Australia, a land of salty air and big skies, plenty of space and warm… [Continue Reading]