The glory of trees
I can’t live without trees. Where I live in the bush, we see grand old trees every day; ancient apple box and yellow box that have endured for decades. Our eucalypts are different from the ...
Crossing to the other side
Last weekend I drove down to Sydney from my farm, and crossed the Harbour Bridge to arrive on the other side…the Eastern Suburbs…almost a foreign land to me; the people look ...
The Vixen, the Kelpie and the Magpie
Once upon a time…no not really. Just yesterday, at the farm. we were feeding our old kelpie with a few treats. He headed off with a bone to bury for later then suddenly dashed into the ...
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase…Joan Aiken
(Jen Storer recommend this in one of the latest Q and Q Fridays as an example of voice) This novel was published in 1962 by Jonathon Cape. It was one of the first full length novels Joan Aiken ...
Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy…Karen Foxlee
I discovered Karen Foxlee a few years ago with the success of her first novel. The Anatomy of Wings 2007 and I heard her speak at a Byron Bay Writers Festival. She had me hooked when I read that ...
Reading is my Secret Power…Book Week 2019
My closest town , Scone is a typical country town with too many pubs and too many empty shops. But, despite the Upper Hunter Council’s mismanagement, we do still have a library, although ...
Daisy and Mr Darcy
I have been travelling from my farm to the small town of Murrurundi, for nearly 20 years…for a yoga class. It’s a special town for me, a town that attracts creative spirits. As a ...
Authors and Illustrators in the wild
I drove down to the urban jungle on Wednesday to attend the 10th birthday celebrations of the CBCA Northern suburbs sub branch. Its theme was Xmas in July as well so there were lots of reindeer ...
The Dairy
The land of the Dorrigo Plateau, north of Armidale, is fertile and it rains every other day.Water bubbles out of the ground from springs, all the creeks have small cascades and the dams are ...