This is him now. Pat Mastroianni at your service.  And this is him back in the days of Degrassi.  Man I miss that show. 

I grew up on a diet of Possum Magic and Vegemite sandwiches. I used to lie on the spare bed, in the sunshine, and read books. Book after...

When Tiny told me she didn't want to go to dancing anymore, I thought about how to handle it - and then decided it was best if we di...

 One day not long ago I said to Matt that I was looking forward to Tiny starting school. For the simple reason that we would no longer ha...

Do you let your kids do dangerous things? Me? Nope. Not really. Which is a shame really. It is. They live this cloistered life where they ...

Ther'es nothing more powerful than an idea. Get involved. Let's make this revolution happen. Get on Twitter, share it on Facebo...

More and more I'm finding that I am needing to censor music from my children's young ears. It's not like I'm listening...

While Matt's show was happening, all the smalls that were gathered with their parents played out on the street (supervised), chalking,...

Drive. I've given this word much thought over this weekend. Drive. Tossed it around in my head, it echoed a little and then it plummeted...

After re-locating our rabbit back to its breeder, and ever since our goldfish turned black and learnt how to float, we've been pet-less....

Three is a difficult age. Tiny is really asserting her independence. And her authority. Weeing on everything when she's literally pee...

The Doctor and Tiny were busy busting each other's bubbles yesterday. Some days, they just wake up, and they hassle each other. Man it d...

It's Mother's Day today. I thought who better to talk to about being a Mum than my own Mum. She didn't actually want to do it, I...

What happens when your child doesn't walk out of the house looking like those smalls posed artfully in a magazine? What happens when you...

I always embrace a new way to preserve memories. So many things happen, so many high points, low points, memorable points, so much that I wo...

via I'm sorry for my previous post. I just find it difficult to know what to say. So I'll just say this. Last week a little cousin ...

Thanks to those who gave me book recommendations for the Doctor. We got 'Beginnings and Endings with Lifetimes in Between ' by Bryan...

The smalls and I have been enjoying afternoon walks. We make our way, late afternoon, down to the park, in time for the smalls to play for a...

If only I was cool enough to be in a band. If only I had one inch of musical talent. I took piano lessons when I was 9. My Mum says I lasted...

fairly unrelated photo - though a pretty spider's web is the ultimate in organised homes, isn't it? can you spot it amidst the green...