Yesterday I received an e-mail of acceptance from Little Hare publishers of a picture book manuscript. Now, once again, I need to practice patience as …Read More

How do you catch a unique rabbit? You neak up on it.   How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way…neak up on it.

My very exciting news is that the National Library of Australia are publishing my picture book story, “Tea and Sugar Christmas” and it will be …Read More

I have never seen so many Anzac biscuits in one place before, and so many different varieties…gluten free, dairy free, quinoa and so on. What …Read More

I spent today at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Gardens listening to some amazing writers share their stories. I began with “From Sea To Sea” , …Read More

  While in Tassie we drove down alongside the Tamar River to Georgetown and were looking for a place by the river for a cuppa. …Read More

Are these my bananas trying to hide on the sofa?

Went for an amble up Cataract Gorge and saw this arty poem.

We are in Launceston for the Australian National Basketball titles following Mia’s Ivor Birge team. We are staying at the Arthouse Backpackers, a beautiful old …Read More

It’s been a long time between blogs. Today I got an e-mail with a PDF of my poem “Lone Pine”, which School Magazine are publishing …Read More

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in …Read More

This is a brilliant quote from Tohby Riddle at the recent Open Spaces Retreat in Sydney. He was talking about his new book, “Unforgotten”. “The …Read More