The benefits of early rising
This morning I headed off before the sun was up. The sun was tipping and the world was yawning and stretching as I turned along the Geelong waterfront. I got a car park, had time for coffee before meeting Sue Lawson and Scot Gardner for a day of workshopping on the...Tucker Rd Literature Festival
Today I was part of Tucker Rd Primary School’s Literature Festival. Together with a host of authors and illustrators we delivered workshops to Gr 3-6 students. My groups drafted poems on Australian animals. There was also a book launch, a quiz, book sales and...Obsolete words
Can you reintroduce any of these fabulous words into your everyday conversation? Snoutfair: A person with a handsome countenancePussyvan: A flurry, temperWonder-wench: A sweetheartLunting: Walking while smoking a pipeCalifornia widow: A married woman whose husband is...Indian summer
We of Melbourne Town are less accustomed to consecutive warm days than those who reside elsewhere. Particularly at this time of year. Well, anytime really. But the warmth combined with the time of year is certainly giving us some spectacular sunsets. Which is...Getaway
This past weekend, I went to the beach. Can you see it? there is water just between the gaps in the far trees. There would have been pics of the beach too except I was at the whim of a rambunctious young terrier and there’d have been no flat horizon in any image...From Facebook
After the day, comes the sky. #wonder
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Fyansford Paper Mill. So many layers of time and well worth a wander. @fyansfordpapermill #wonder
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