Hi Rosemary, it’s been a while since you and I left Adelaide and headed off in opposite directions – you to Perth and me to Brisbane. It’s been a while too since we caught up over the phone so, we have just met for a virtual coffee – probably at the usual haunt. If we […]
If you could step into a machine that gave you more time, how would you structure your day? What would you write with this extra time? Not being a full-time writer but rather a full-time temp, my day is full to the brim of other tasks; preparing for my working day, the drive to and […]
Reinvent the Letter Format I’m cheating and hope you won’t mind? You see, I’m time poor at the moment and have decided that you absolutely won’t mind that I’ve linked this assignment to a post I wrote back in November 2014. It was actually a Blogging 101 assignment and the subject was my dream reader. […]
It’s raining; in fact it’s pouring with no evidence of snoring. There is no let up. Storms are lashing the east coast of Queensland heading southwards into NSW and beyond. There is flash flooding in places and the advice is to stay indoors so that’s exactly what I’m doing.
This week has been an extraordinary news week for Man versus Wild incidents and tragedies. Saturday we learned of the terribly sad news that the endangered western lowland gorialla Harambe had been shot dead at Cincinnati Zoo. This came after zoo officials decided it was the safest way to retrieve a three year old boy […]
I write all over the place but since moving to Brisbane it’s usually sitting at the kitchen bench using my laptop. My ideal writing space is definitely in the peace and quiet, and would either be a cliff top beach house overlooking the ocean, or a view overlooking a beautiful country garden, lake in the […]
“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.” ― A.A. Milne I love this quote, it kind of sums up meeting Chief and the roller-coaster we’ve been on for 41 years – yes folks, we have known each other THAT long having met originally at primary school. Of course I played […]
Into the Pool The day had been long and hot; more than hot. A searing dry heat; the sort that turns the back of your throat into parched bark and your eyeballs into a prickly mess. The air was thick with the smell of warm earth and eucalyptus. The cottage was set back from […]
I could have incorporated at least four of the single word prompts into my Day 3 assignment, all relating to the same subject but the one word that crops up more than any other is choice. It’s a word that has been rebounding around my thought-bin, rather like a malfunctioning robotic vacuum cleaner for a […]
I don’t do lists – I’ll write a shopping list or a list of invitees to the next get-together or a list for Christmas gifts but that’s about it. However, lists make good reading and one list in particular that still resonates with me was SuzieSpeaks list of 23 things you should have done by […]
Waking the Wombat