Sunday drive
Remember those? A chance to get out of the house and drive to somewhere new. Time to refresh at the well. We set off on a Friday, to be different, and travelled north following directions to a ...
Archaeology with Words
I’ve been writing for a long time. It’s part of my life. So I have piles of hand written stories and also too many folders of stories stored on my computer. Many of my words are ...
Then and Now…looking back
This is an exercise that comes from a great FB group I belong to, called The Scribblers. It was set up by Jen Storer author and you can seek it out on the web page of girlandduck.com It ...
Making Hay
Making hay is a time honored enterprise in the country. This basic rural activity has inspired artists like Millet, Van Gogh and Monet as they painted en plein air. Millet painted ‘The ...
School Projects
In these strange times, I have had time to sort out boxes and stored material. In one I found some old school stuff….printing exercises about Don and Fay and a project for my Biology class. ...
Rain Dance
Today on ‘The Country Hour’ on ABC radio, I heard some kids talking about the impact of drought. They were from a small school in a small town called Caragabal, population about 200. ...
Patrick White
Review of ‘Patrick White’ by Toni Brisland, Little Steps Publishing 2020, illustrated by Anastasia Popp. The review copy was supplied by the author and is a part of her book campaign with Books ...
A tale of Chooks
Once upon a time we had a pen of chooks…all Issa Browns. We had three that the kids named(bad idea), then we had two. The sly fox was always about if we let them roam. So on advice I bought ...
Ohmmmmmm
In these strange times, there are many changes. I have been driving to Murrurundi for nearly 20 years for a yoga class…a 200kms round trip. We have not missed many weeks over the years and ...