Dec 11, 2023 | Communication, Relationships, Self Care
Recently a few of my special friends have lost loved ones and this caused me to re-read a blog I wrote a few years ago about Grief. I felt it necessary to read the blog again to see if, over time, I should update anything that I had written, before I recommended that...
Dec 24, 2021 | Communicating, Relationships
Recently the media reported that an American political commentator, Candice Owens, has become so concerned about Australian lockdowns that she wants American troops sent Down Under to liberate us. Surely she was joking? The Covid-19 Lockdowns in Australia have...
Dec 4, 2021 | Communicating, Communication, COVID-19, Gardening, Self Care
Standing with my bare feet on the pathway in my shade house, I remember my partner, Ken and I collecting those stones from beaches a short distance from our home. We borrowed his mother’s shopping trolly and filled it to the brim on each trip. We spent many...
Feb 15, 2021 | Communicating, COVID-19, Self Care, When life hands you lemons
Yesterday I flew from Hobart to Flinders Island. Until then, the only time I wore a mask was on the few occasions that I used a sanding machine. One of the signs around Tasmanian airports Everyone in the Hobart airport terminal is wearing a face mask. This is unusual...
Jan 30, 2021 | Communication, Girl Talk, Parenting In The Digital Age, Relationships
Magic in small things Did you ever imagine that something as small as a few 100s and 1000s could be powerful enough to save relationships with the ones you love? My mother told me about her use of the phrase ‘100s & 1000s’ when I was a young child. I...
Oct 17, 2020 | Communication, Family History, Poetry, Thomas Pinder - 1870s poet
I was 16 when I was given a biscuit tin full of letters and notebooks and memorabilia. This book of EARLY POEMS was written by my ancestor, Thomas E Pinder in the 1870s. He wrote regularly for the ‘Penny Dreadful’ magazine of the time. These are his early...