Monelli and Me
Review of ‘Monelli and Me’ by Teena Raffa –Mulligan www.booksontourpr.wordpress.com Sea Song Publications 2020 www.seasongpublications.com a recently established small press publisher in WA. ...
Magpies
I love magpies. I see them in my garden every day and they have an ambivalent relationship with our old kelpie. He doesn’t mind sharing but he likes his space too. I have been down a rabbit ...
Can I write THE END?
In 2017 I began a Drought Diary…just in a spiral notebook. I also blogged often on my website:www.paulastevensonwriter.com.au and on my FB page. Now in February 2020 after more than 3 years ...
The Yellow Notebook
I have always admired Helen Garner’s works. As I peruse my shelves I recognise the ones that I loved and the ones that influenced me so much. ‘The Spare Room’ is ‘a ...
Droughts and Flooding Rains
It is Australia Day 2020. We have been in drought for more than three years. We have been hand feeding cattle for the past year as we have had little rain and there is no feed left in the ...
The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse
This is the most delightful book by Charlie Mackesy (2019 Penguin Random House), written he says ‘for everyone, whether you are eighty or eight’. The hard covered book is finely ...
Writing in the Cracks
I have been writing in the cracks, editing my middle fiction story each day. I manage two pages when I am summoned. We have been watching a small calf that has somehow been left behind when all ...
My Year with Words
At the end of 2018 I set myself a challenge and chose some words to inspire me…the words were: Be Brave…take some risks. So I did. I wrote quite a few longer stories for kids to ...
Group hugs
We live 45kms from the nearest town and although we relish the isolation, peace and quiet, sometimes contact is needed. As we get to end of a third year of drought and stress and worry, I feel a ...