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]
Roughing it
Hey friends 😊 It’s been a while since I posted anything – been preoccupied for the last few months doing a couple of short online writing courses. Very time consuming… [Continue Reading]