by Jill Emberson | Dec 22, 2017 | Biography, Grandchildren, Grandparenting, Nanas
When we were kids, my nan had a big green ceramic mixing bowl with a wide pouring lip. It was smooth, heavy and unbreakable even though riddled with superficial cracks. It was a soft gum-leaf green, still one of my favourite shades. Everything was mixed in that bowl....
by Jill Emberson | Dec 22, 2017 | Biography, Christmas, Grandparenting
I was recently shocked to learn that Australians eat around 47 kilos of chicken each year. That’s a lot of drumsticks. Compared to the mid 1960s when we ate only 5 kilos a week, we have a voracious appetite for chicken these days. BBQ’d, roasted, nuggets, thighs, corn...
by Jill Emberson | Nov 27, 2017 | Grandparenting
Uma is the Tongan word for kiss. It’s the Hindi name for the goddess Parvati. In Sanskrit it means tranquility, splendour and fame. In the Idoma language of Nigeria it means to shine. It’s a horse in Japanese rice fields in Balinese. So why on earth did I...
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