http://www.awcook.org/emma/ 2026-03-23T17:50:33+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/ http://www.awcook.org/emma/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-01-10T00:22:42+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0110_hi_from_atheneum_library library, Lulu, xo Hi Em, Hope you are fine and that you having a good New Year. Things are OK here. Lulu was unwell this week but she seems fine again now. When I got home last Tuesday she was lying by the back door and seemed very weak and unhappy. She also vomitted after I carried her inside. I took her to the after hours vet that night and to her normal vet in the morning. After doing a blood tests the vet thought she might have been hit by something, poor girl. I took her home last nigh… text/html 2009-01-26T11:47:01+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0126_happy_chinese_new_year Chinese New Year, Australia Day Hi Em, Happy Chinese New Year!!! Chun Jie Kuai Le!!! I hope you have a very happy new year ahead. I have to admit that I still need to send you some presents for this - very sorry about that - they should be coming soon! It is actually Australia Day holiday today as well, so happy Australia day too! It has been pretty hot and dry in Melbourne recently and unfortunately with more hot weather to come. I was watering from the water tank today to give the plants … text/html 2009-01-26T12:52:15+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0126_what_i_m_reading books, Athenaeum library, Gene Wolfe, Ngaio Marsh Hi again Em, Not sure you will be interested (:-)) but here are the books that I have read recently. These are all from the Athenaeum library (that very beautiful library in Melbourne city). Nightside the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe This is the first volume of the “Book of the Long Sun” trilogy. I realise now that this trilogy came before the “Book of the Short Sun” trilogy but it doesn't matter too much that I read it out of order. It is a … text/html 2009-04-17T22:56:54+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0214_hi_from_atheneum_library library, presents, bushfires Hi Em, Hope you are fine. I finally got you some presents for Chinese New Year - sorry for the delay! I'll insert a photo below and post them off to you. I hope you like them! [Chinese new year presents 2009] We had some terrible fires in Victoria last Saturday. A lot of people died in country areas like Marysville and Kinglake. It was really sad. The weather conditions last Saturday were really awful - 46 deg C and with hot gusty winds. The fires are not out … text/html 2009-02-28T13:15:53+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0301_hi_em_prayers_of_the_people church Hi Emma, Hope you are fine! I did the prayers of the people at church for the first time last Sunday. I really don't like public speaking and I was pretty nervous but I was glad that I managed to do it. Below is the prayer that I wrote. Not sure what you'll think of it - I found that it is actually quite hard to do. It makes me appreciate what the ministers have to do each Sunday more. St Andrew's Prayers of the People (22/2/09) Let us pray. God, hear our prayers for those affe… text/html 2009-04-17T22:55:39+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0418_happy_easter Easter, presents Hi Em, Hope you are fine. I sent you some things for Easter last Saturday - they will be late arriving but hope you like them! [Easter 2009] The book by Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard Book) is really good. Even though it looks a bit spooky it is actually really nice. A boy is orphaned as a baby and is saved by a graveyard of ghosts. It is hard to explain without it sounding creepy but it is actually quite touching and lovely when you read it. Hope you give it a go! I had a go… text/html 2009-12-25T11:23:53+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:0527_happy_birthday_emma Birthday Dear Emma, Happy 14th birthday!!!!! I can't believe you are really 14 now. You are grownup! I hope you are having a really great day. I have got some birthday presents for you but I still need to get some more and then post them to you. Sorry about that! I had a birthday myself a couple of weeks ago but it wasn't nearly as exciting as turning 14. I'm 42 now so really quite old! Things are going OK here. Lulu is fine and work and study are keeping me busy. I'm enjoying my library st… text/html 2009-10-03T12:32:59+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:1003_happy_moon_festival Moon Festival Hi Miss Em, Just writing to wish you a very happy Moon festival. I hope you have a lovely day today. I have been outside just before looking at the moon and thinking of you - hope you felt the good thoughts :-) . Hope everything is going well for you. Sorry that I haven't written for so long. To be honest I have been feeling a bit sad about things lately but that isn't good, is it. Lulu is fine (she is sitting beside me now) and Grandma and Grandpa in New Zealand are well too.… text/html 2009-12-25T12:36:19+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:1225_happy_christmas_emma Christmas, presents Dear Emma, I hope you are fine and that you are enjoying Christmas day! I have bought some presents for you Miss Em - just the usual type of stuff but I hope you like them :-) [2009 Christmas presents] (As usual too, I still need to post them - should be soon!!) I have had a nice day this Christmas. I was at church this morning and there was a very good service with Rev Stan Bannon. Stan is our Supply Minister at St Andrews for the moment because Rev Keith Ellisdon is … text/html 2009-12-31T11:19:39+00:00 http://www.awcook.org/emma/doku.php?id=blog:2009:1231_happy_new_year_and_best_wishes_for_2010 New Year Hi Emma, Well, 2009 is almost over and it will soon be 2010! I hope you have had a good year Em. It has been really hot here the last few days but just now the cool change has come through and we have some lovely rain - hope it lasts! Thinking of you Miss Em and wishing you all the very best :-) Lots of love, Aaron xxxooo