With COVID19 restrictions curtailing physical travel I opted on a world tour via the collection of items in my library. This week the theme was shoes; to date we have been to Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Mongolia, The Netherland and […]
Sometimes you really do have to love technology. With the aid of video link, yesterday the children and I were able to share our walk along the lake foreshore with our friends in lock-down in their apartment in Chiba, Japan. […]
When I first started travelling I took copious rolls of film, this was pre-digital media days. Returning home, I would duly have the photos processed, often at a cost equal to that of the holiday. I would then spend hours […]
It is very exciting to be assisting with the launch of my second book in ‘The Snail ate the mail – postcards’ series. Last year when I attended book readings at Uniting St Luke’s Preschool, Belmont North the director, Kylie, […]
Those of you who loved Paul’s art work in the first book of ‘The Snail ate the mail – postcards’ series will be sad to hear he was unavailable to do the other books. He downed the paintbrush for a time to supervise the design and […]
Have just returned from a book reading and workshop tour of Malaysia. What a wonderful time meeting some interesting people and hearing their amazing stories. In Kuching had the incredible good fortune to stay with the family of Angela (Malaysia […]
Spring would have to be one of my favourite seasons, whilst not quite as pleasantly warm as summer the fact the garden is not only a riot of colour, but a true sensory overload with the competing fragrances of jasmine, […]
Here in Swansea we are in the last days of autumn. Being on the coast with a temperate climate we are predominantly surrounded by native trees that don’t generally lose their leaves and certainly don’t put on the amazing colour […]
One morning on the way home from walking the children to school, I stopped to assist an older lady who was struggling to pick up pieces of a toadstool from her footpath. In the course of conversation it transpires that […]
It’s been a busy couple of days introducing ‘The Snail’ to new audiences. Saturday found us at a delightful afternoon tea at Wow Jewellery to help raise funds for the Hunter Wind Ensemble (https://www.facebook.com/hunterwindensemble). Then it was into the car before first light […]