I often have half finished projects lying around the house. I start them with great enthusiasm and then for some reason or another (life gets busy or I get distracted by another exciting project) I don't get around to fishing them. Last year I was making hand-bound books using eco-dyed... Read more →
With all the fires raging out of control around Australia it can feel strange to be going about daily life as if nothing is happening. We are safe and not immediately threatened. So we can almost forget the reality is very different for so many. However, there is the ever... Read more →
The end of the 2019 Poetry Challenge and a break from compiling the Poet's Express newsletter gave me some space and time to breathe life into an idea that had been lurking around in the back of my mind for a while now. For the last year or so I've... Read more →
I recently spent a week with my daughters at the 15th Suzuki Voice International Songs for Sharing conference in Bentleigh. There were students and teachers from Australia and overseas and we got to learn songs in different language including Spanish, Finnish, Italian and Polish. The conference culminated in a free... Read more →
I miss living at the beach. Walking along the water's edge with scratchy sand between my toes. Hunting for shells in the high tide mark. Breathing in the salt air and dancing back from the waves eager to kiss my feet. Most of all I miss the beautiful sky and... Read more →
Hooray! I made it! I can't believe it's the end of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. There were many times when I wanted to chuck the whole thing. There were times when I thought it would never end. And then towards the end I wanted to slow down time and really... Read more →
Here are the words and my poem for the very last week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I've been writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →
I don't know if it's a thing. It might be a thing. An annual thing. Or it might just be the second year in a row I've done it. I'm a bit loathe to make it a thing even though it's the inclination of my ordered brain. It loves structure... Read more →