Earthquake in Kathmandu
ruthwickham2017-09-13T12:18:59+08:00Yesterday there was a terrible earthquake in Nepal, with a great deal of damage and deaths in the city of Kathmandu as well as elsewhere. We visited Kathmandu in 2012. I got very tired of
Elephant Poo Paper
ruthwickham2017-09-13T12:21:26+08:00I don't know - is that something you would want to be putting so close to your nose, knowing where it has actually been? It is actually paper that is really made out of elephant
Kids like books
ruthwickham2017-09-13T12:23:15+08:00When James (our firstborn) was just 14 months old we went to work on Murray Island in the Torres Strait (Queensland). We lived in a tiny house (6m x 8m) and there were many things
Running amok
ruthwickham2015-08-26T08:29:27+08:00‘Running amok’ is for some reason a purely Malaysian thing. We never saw anything like that in Malaysia. But there was this one time, when we hadn’t been there very long, and we were enjoying
A face on the train
ruthwickham2015-08-26T08:29:44+08:00The little girl was so excited to be travelling with her doting parents on the train to the ancient Chinese city of Xi’an. There was so much to see and experience and she was
Kapadokya
ruthwickham2015-08-26T08:29:55+08:00I am the first to admit that I have always been a bit on the timid side. As a kid I was painfully shy. But that doesn't mean that I don’t enjoy an adrenaline
The Green Monster
ruthwickham2015-02-28T11:32:28+08:00This time of year Northam is dry dry dry. The only reason we have a green lawn is because it's artificial turf. (Wonderful stuff in this climate!) So this was a game of backyard cricket
Life in Northam
ruthwickham2015-02-25T15:45:03+08:00Another 41 degree day, but just for a change there seems to be some rain coming. Yesterday we were in the car and the dashboard thermometer read 41 degrees. A few drops of rain
My writing place
ruthwickham2015-02-25T14:49:16+08:00Bits of paper are blowing all over my desk. There are bits and pieces of my writing all through my computer, and all over the Internet. So now I am gathering together, sorting, tidying, and sharing.