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 →

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 →

Whenever I travel I like to visit art galleries. It's so inspiring and uplifting to be surrounded by beautiful works of art. Even though I'm a poet who paints pictures with words, I'm a visual person who draws strength and inspiration from seeing beautiful objects such as rocks, trees, paintings... Read more →

Here are the words and my poem for the fifty-first week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. I'm writing a poem a week using prompts sent to me on Instagram. Read more →

Every year my daughters make Christmas presents to give to friends and family members. This year we were a bit stuck with what to make. After all, there's only so many tea towels, aprons and bags someone can use. Ditto with bookmarks and art work. We were stumped until Miss... Read more →

I'm not sure how much longer I can keep doing our annual Christmas windows celebration. Every year since my first daughter was born, I've taken my girls into the city to see the holiday windows created by a major Australian department store. The store spends about nine months creating a... Read more →