Marica’s Meanderings

I have been frozen – in relation to writing in my blog – and this frozen state has lasted for a lot longer than 5 minutes. Time has continued to tick on by. It doesn’t care that I may want it to wait while I catch my breath. So here we are, already in February [...]

We are surrounded by messages on a daily basis, only we need to be open to receiving them. When we actually see them they make us stop and reflect. They make a difference to us at that moment in time, and perhaps forever. In my new job I spend a lot of time out and [...]

We were running late this morning yet we still believed we could catch the 8am bus. We were wrong! As Lynsey and I walked down our drive the bus drove past. “Why didn’t the bus driver recognise us and stop?” I thought. “After all, we’re regulars!” continued the voice in my head. In the past [...]

I’m starting with the man in the mirror I’m asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself, and then make a change Source: Lyrics from Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson My husband was [...]

I got told off tonight and I felt like a naughty school child. I was attending a production called The Attic that my nieces Olivia and Elena were performing in. It was held in the quaint hall at the Newtown Community Centre. What made this show even more special was the fact that the whole [...]

A few days ago in my Facebook I received an invitation from a friend in Brazil to join the Support the Monks’ Protest in Burma group. I am new to Facebook and am still learning how to do things in there. My time so far has been focused on setting up my space, searching for [...]

I attended my first ever BarCamp today and there wasn’t a drop of alcohol in sight. As I headed towards Queens Wharf early this morning I was uncertain about what this was all about. After a week of some pretty intense learning in my new job about the technicalities of deploying broadband this should have [...]

I feel like I am beginning a whole new life today. As I set off for work I felt different. I am covered in bruises and my body aches in places I didn’t even know existed yet I feel great and I want to celebrate. There is nothing like a week of hard physical work [...]

This rose is important to me and today we transplanted it into our new garden. I couldn’t leave this rose bush behind – it had to come with us. I call this the “Honey I’m home rose”. I have no idea what its real name is and it doesn’t matter to me. This rose bush [...]

The headboard of our bed is positioned immediately in front of the smaller of the two windows in our bedroom. This morning as I was sitting in bed checking my emails on my laptop before getting going for the day I noticed the reflection of our neighbour’s rooftop starring back at me on my laptop [...]