The Bendigo Train

I braved the Bendigo train again yesterday despite my previous, signal-failed, snail-paced, capewearing-denying, launch-missing last attempt. And it was delightful. Lovely to sit in leisure with Jude Rossell. We were on our way to Catholic Ladies College in Bendigo...

Our choir sometimes performs in The Substation Art Centre, a converted …ah… substation just by the Newport Railway Station. They’re having a fundraiser to continue to transform this amazing building into a living, breathing, singing, (and yes,...

Rail and Sail

 Sounds a bit like a meal, like Surf and Turf etc. But not this time. It was my husband’s birthday and he’s a fan of all things steam. Generally he’s also exceptionally difficult to buy presents for. But again, not this time. Steamrail run a number...

A-launching we will go…

Today was the Melbourne launch of ‘Squish Rabbit’, a gorgeous picture book from first time writer/illustrator, Katherine Battersby. It’s a story of discovering friendship, told and shown with powderpuff gentleness, in a mixture of paint and...

Waiting for my boy…

 I’d been faffing around at home, not knowing what to do with a suddenly empty house and some hours to fill. So when my son needed to go to a meeting, I thought I’d take him and wait and work. And although I played with camera, I did also have my laptop...