Core of my Heart
I recently wrote a blog titled ‘My Watery Life’, about our experience of living through a long drought in the country. On Tuesday I attended a Masterclass as part of the SCWBI Sydney ...
Sale time
As the drought continues to bite, we have to make some hard decisions. We have little feed left in the paddocks and cannot continue to feed out hay and cotton seed. So a mob of cows have to go. ...
My Watery Life.
I learnt to swim in Ramsgate Baths, public baths surrounded by a high brick wall, fortressed from the narrow sand stretches and still water of Botany Bay. The cement paths around the pool were ...
Kurrajongs
As the drought drags on and we see trees dying in the paddocks, one tree stands out. It is the hardy Kurrajong, with its bright green foliage. It is a broad domed tree offering cool shade for the ...
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
A column in the SMH today by Jane Sullivan, explores the decline in the earnings of authors, both here and in the US. In 2015, the average income derived from practising as an author in Australia ...
My Sunday notes
We set off for the wilderness. Not really. Just to the farthest paddock we have, called Keys. We won’t be long. Our old dog has insisted on coming and sits up with me in the front seat. It’s ...
Hall of Fame!
I have been writing for more than 20 years and in the last 4 years I have focussed on writing for children. I completed an online course on Writing Picture Books, with the Australian Writers ...
The Heart of a Honeybee
I have just finished reading this wonderful book with the glorious title of ‘ A honeybee heart has five openings‘ by Helen Jukes. It also has a glorious cover intricately patterned in ...
Publishing and charging rhinos
Recently I was enticed down to Sydney as the CBCA Northern Sydney Branch had a great panel discussion on traditional publishing and self publishing at the Lindfield Learning Hub. Louise Park ...
Braving the heights!
My dear husband hates heights. But in the interests of adding to my natural history collection for sketching, he braved the ladders and climbed to the top of the silo. Under the lid was a ragged ...