Summer Words
SUMMER WORDS It is always a joy to come to the sea when you spend your days on a rural property many miles from water (other than bore water or occasional rain water!). At Shoal Bay on the NSW ...
The 12 Days of Xmas
It is ironic that today there is soft rain falling, but here is my Xmas poem with a rural theme. The 12 Days of Xmas On the first day of Xmas, my dry land gave to me A cockatoo in a dead tree. ...
This rural life
At times, I forget that my life is quite different to many others. But sitting at my computer I glanced out the window to see a fat black cow galumphing around my garden. Someone had not shut the ...
Warrah Writers
I live in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW on a cattle property and with my move from the city more than 15 years ago, one of the delightful discoveries was the existence of a lively writer’s ...
The CBCA Christmas Party
I drove down from Scone on Wednesday to attend the Christmas party held by the Northern Sydney Branch of the CBCA. Special guests were Julie Vivas and Margaret Wild, so it was a chance to hear ...
Book Clubs
I belong to a unique book club, maybe the oldest regional book club in Australia. More than sixty years ago a woman from Texas (USA), met and fell in love with an Australian grazier. They married ...
The Birdman’s Wife
A post script to my blog on the Scone Literary festival; I had been researching literary connections with the Scone area and one that emerged was John Gould. I think I remember belonging to the ...
Scone Literary Festival
I had the pleasure to be involved in the Scone Literary Festival, held this year from 4th-6th November, in Scone, a rural town nestled in the green hills of the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. Friday ...