Something my Dad used to say after he retired has come back to me lately for a couple of reasons. He used to laugh about the word ‘retired’ and say that he had never worked so hard in his life. That was very true. On retirement he took up running a 100-acre farm. He had … Continue reading Make the most of every day
Visiting the Victorian high country where parts of the iconic Australian movie ‘The Man from Snowy River’ were filmed was always going to be a special day with one of my big sisters. There’s a timber cabin on top of Mount Stirling called Craig’s Hut, which was the childhood home of the movie’s lead character … Continue reading A stunning Man from Snowy River moment with my sister
My Dad did many things in his life but there’s one thing he did that to me, feels like he achieved the impossible. He managed to leave me and each of my sisters with the quiet belief that we were his favourite girl. That wasn't a word Dad would have used, nor was it something … Continue reading Enough treasured stories of Dad to fill a book
I took a temporary vow of silence recently. It was only for a day and it was for therapeutic reasons. My voice has been ravaged by all the nasty things that go on in your throat during a 'flu that’s lingered around for the past few weeks. The strangled squeaks that emerged from my head … Continue reading The day the singing died
There’s a good reason we imagine hell as a place of fire. Fire is terrifying, indiscriminately brutal and its effects are devastating. I had a scary experience with fire as a teenage girl in a farming district of Western Australia. It all happened in a split second. One moment I was fighting a fire and … Continue reading Thought and prayers for NSW people as bush fires rage
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