Last night I skyped with a friend in India who I met in Oxford at Summer School. In a few weeks, I’ll be meeting up with a group of women I met in Tuscany last year at a writing retreat in San Francsico. Then, in June I’ll be heading back to Florence and Tuscany to […]
If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you’ll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you’ve already been in. Anne Lamott Dove’s new Choose Beautiful campaign showing women choosing to walk through either a door marked Beautiful or Average encourages us to question how we […]
Our church Easter service was a celebration of colour and life. One of the key quotes used was: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colours in the world. The Message Matthew 5:14 I have loved reading these words and they inspire me to be a better writer, a better person. Light. God-colours. That’s […]
Easter means lots of things to different people. In Australia, the land of the long weekend, we often see it as the best weekend of the year—four days off in a row. Autumn means cooler nights, sunny days, the opportunity to go for bush walks and to enjoy sitting outside in our favourite cafes. Time […]
Getting out of our comfort zones takes many forms. Once I went on a tandem parachute jump because my husband thought it would be a good ‘together time’ activity. That was way out of my comfort zone! On another occasion, I asked a stylist friend to take me shopping to take me out of my […]
Last night we had dinner with some Italian friends at their apartment overlooking the Swan River on a beautiful, still autumn evening in Perth. When we arrived the table was set, a carafe of wine breathed on the table and kisses were abundant. Our contribution was our favourite Australian dessert wine, the rest was pure Italian. […]
The Nike catch cry has come to mind over the years and I’ve often advised people to, ‘Just Do It‘. Today I’m telling myself to ‘Just Do It’ in several situations I find myself in. Firstly, the novel I’m writing has been tying me up in knots. First person/third person pint of view? Two complete […]
Today was a mixed day. This morning we left home at 6.30 to take my husband to hospital to have a shoulder operation. Afterwards, my son, his girlfriend and I stopped for breakfast on the way at a great cafe and enjoyed an amazing meal together. Then, I dropped my son and his girlfriend off at the […]
As I was driving home today after a walk around the river, I saw a bus stop advertisement that said, Are you an experience collector? The words leapt out at me as I passed the bus stop and I had to look up the words when I got home. Apparently it’s a beer ad. I […]
