Winter walking

Challenge: Keeping warm while sitting at desk in unheated roomWin for the dog: more walks Win for me: winter gums are outWin: run into a friend and decide that we need to support the local cafeWin for dog: She meets a big new friend. (she is normally quite shy,...

Willylitfest

The Hub, for meeting and greeting and lunching and resting.This past weekend was the 13th Williamstown Literary Festival. The festival was started by Catherine Ryan (at the time restaurateur, now librarian) and Angela Altair (Hobsons Bay councillor), and a group of...

The train, the train, the train

Back in November, I found the perfect present for my husband. A trip on a 1930 diesel train to Ballarat, followed by a paddle steamer dinner on Lake Wendouree, before returning to Melbourne on the same train. Unfortunately, the November trip was booked out. We decided...

The Serious and the Silly

Just in case there is a perception that a conference is all serious and no fun …This is the serious bit (well sort of ), having a photo taken at The Five Mile Press trade table.And this is my very good friend Sally wanting to hog all the limelight. Or me photo...