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...
May 11, 2020 | Communicating, COVID-19, Girl Talk, Parenting In The Digital Age, Photobook Fun, Photography for Kids
As the reality of the Coronavirus pandemic begins to make itself felt all around the world, there has never been a greater need to have something fun and positive to do. Most of us are in serious isolation or ‘lockdown’ and coming to terms with how to fill...
Apr 15, 2020 | Communicating, COVID-19, Tasmania, When life hands you lemons
Reality check As the COVID-19 Lockdown gains momentum around the world, I am sure that many people in Tasmania are feeling as I am feeling. I felt we would be safe here in our island state. It seemed reasonable to think we would be able to escape what was happening...
Jan 17, 2020 | Communicating, Parenting In The Digital Age, Tackling Insomnia
If you live in Australia, it is almost impossible to have not been distressed by all the images from the bush fires raging across our beautiful country. Every television program has footage of the devastation, images of flames engulfing buildings, burnt and hurt...
