I would have liked to have known my father when he was alive the way I’m getting to know him now, six years after he passed away. When I set out to write his life story in late 2013, I started without doing any research and the stories just flowed out of me and onto … Continue reading Three things I’ve learned while writing about a loved one
I don’t know whether to be inspired or worried when my 67-year-old mother sets out to drive the 3,425 or so kilometres from one side of Australia to the other. Perhaps a bit of both? She flatly refuses to fly. If she were meant to fly, she would have been born with wings - or … Continue reading Enjoying some time on roads less travelled
I love the photo on the pinchmyself homepage. I’ve called it ‘resilience.’ It was taken in April 2013 on my sister’s farm in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. After I had finished up at work in April, my first priority was to get on a plane and go home to see my family and old … Continue reading Resilience
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