What Makes Me Laugh

    I felt a little like the winner of the golden ticket today (and no, that’s not an oblique reference to the Office) when we toured the Jurlique factory in Mount Barker. Doug took a dramamine to avoid getting sick from the whirlwind, left-hand side of the road taxi ride again (I guess taxi [...]

  When it comes to environmental claims by companies, you can usually color me a little cynical. Don’t get me wrong, I still buy as many organic, sustainable, fair trade products as possible, but I know that some companies simply look at is an eco-marketing scheme, not a real commitment to the environment.  About eight [...]

  Day two in Australia and I’ve already seen things I never thought I would see in my lifetime: Kangaroos in the wild, and Doug giving himself a facial.        For those people worried that we would be met at the airport by Nigerian e-mail scammers, not to worry, we hailed a taxi [...]

Here’s the short version: First, read Martha Beck. Next, set a wildly improbable goal. Then, Google “Win a Trip to Australia.”  Enter contest. Win contest. Travel to Australia. Here’s the long version: It started with my niece Hannah, who is studying abroad this year in Australia at the University of Queensland. Before she left last summer, [...]