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...
Dec 20, 2019 | Childhood, Communication, Girl Talk, Parenting In The Digital Age, When life hands you lemons
Conversation with my mother I turned 69 this year, and as I get closer to the ‘three score and ten’ I become more aware of how finite life is. The excitement of a recent cancer scare added to my feeling of ‘mortality’. I am fortunate to have lived the life that I...
Dec 11, 2019 | Christmas, Communicating, Parenting In The Digital Age
Christmas is the time of year people think about friends and family who will not be with them. Years ago, we used to all write and send Christmas cards to one another. I can remember our family lounge room filled with Christmas Cards received. Some years there were so...
