Pics from a school visit

Just after ANZAC Day I visited a school in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.  Man, were these kids sorted! They knew all about Gallipoli and WWI.   I took some WWI supplies including: tinned jam, hard tack biscuits and tinned corn beef. The latter can still be...

Inspiration

If only it were possible to bottle inspiration!Actually, I suspect bottled inspiration would only be a pale imitation of the wild stuff.I love that it’s impossible to know when inspiration will strike.Randomly, yesterday, I had an encounter with inspiration that...

What did you do last night?

We went outatown to film a fire. As you do. Well, as you do if your husband works in theatre. Over the years, our family has contributed to many sound and visual effects. If done well these are often not ‘noticed’ by theatre-goers but are intended to...

A quick trip to Hobart

Since writing about the Rajah quilt (My Name is Lizzie Flynn, due out early 2015) I have been keen to revisit Hobart, to visit Cascades Female Factory (and I also had some vague story ideas centred around Pt Arthur). This past week I had my chance. My folks were...

A cold and wet Melbourne day

 I had a lovely time on Tuesday, visiting schools to share Meet the Anzacs. The day was organised by Book Bonding Bookshop and co-owner Mark had organised the visits to two schools, three groups of students from grade two to grade four.  The students had been looking...