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love your work
Thank you to all of you out there who have asked, yes! A job has found me. Surprisingly I find myself not sucking the corporate carpet despite applying with gusto to some horrendous positions...
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visiting lisbon
Inspired by a rubbish article I just read on Hello! I’m going to say something about Lisbon. The main point of difference will be that I have been to Lisbon. When I say rubbish, I don’t just mean the...
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stranded on earth
I feel like my spaceship is broken and I can’t get back to my planet. This isn’t the first time during this go-build-a-house-in-portugal-folly that I’ve thought what a absurdly huge mistake it has...
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petersham, little portugal
I didn’t expect that a visit to “Little Portugal”, Petersham, Sydney would mean so much to me. I must have been infected by the condition of the Portuguese diaspora – that special form of...
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ode to the pizza pan
You know how when you’ve decided to buy a new car then the old one starts falling apart? Like it’s pissed off and seeking attention? That’s what’s happening in our kitchen. A new kitchen has been on...
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adventures may not always turn out the way you expect them to, but they are...
Kevin McCloud said, at the end of Man Made Home. Inevitably this blog would have something to say on the subject of Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs and Man Made Homes. I only vaguely recall Grand Designs...
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where to live
How much you have to spend will be the main driver on this question, because naturally, the more you have the more choice there is. I’m certainly not saying that you want to live where the property is...
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nazaré: a day trip
I often get asked to rustle up an itinerary for bright people who have chosen Portugal as their holiday destination, as many expats do I’m sure. It’s like putting together a degustation of dishes,...
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the wookie
I always wanted a chihuahua that I could call chewy, as in chewbacca. A big name for a small dog. But when my neighbours turned up on my doorstep one morning carrying a hairy little two-toned brown...
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fire
18 000 kms away, I’m woken up by a call from my sister to tell me a friend in Portugal says I should check on my house because it’s in the path of huge fires. It’s 10.30am on Sunday 18th June. I open...
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