In India the monsoon rains have come early and torrential rain has dumped almost three times as much water as usual onto northern India. In …Read More
Month: June 2013
Dals Ain’t Dals, Sol
Before I went to India in 2010 I loved Indian food and cooked it at home but it never seemed really authentic. And when I …Read More
What’s A Raincoat????
It’s a coat that you wear when it rains. It’s designed to keep you dry. Just like an umbrella is and gumboots are. And galoshes. …Read More
The Importance of Research
My children’s picture book Tea and Sugar Christmas is set in the 1950’s at a railway siding town between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. It is …Read More
What A Hoot!
We caught the Jazz Train on Monday which was part of t the Hoot Jazz Festival in Mt Barker. A jazz trio called, Ready …Read More
A Chook Tale or Is That A Rooster?
I am writing a chook story at the moment. It has given me cause to pause and ask a few questions about chooks, such as …Read More
This Hazardous Life
Life is getting more and more hazardous. Even an ordinary stapler has hidden dangers. Recently I walked into the photocopying room at my workplace. I …Read More