When is a chook not a chook?
When it’s a tea cosy! This is for all the creative women I keep meeting in the CWA and all those friends who love colour and creativity. I spotted this … Continue reading
Exploring the back streets of Berry
Any visitor to the south coast of New South Wales knows the town of Berry. At just over two hours’ drive from Sydney, Berry is the place to stop and … Continue reading
Rooted
It’s a rude word in Australia but not in England, where ‘rooted’ has no adverse connotations and roots are simply things connected to trees. When you put down roots you’re … Continue reading
Agrestic: relating to the country, rural or rustic
In spite of the dire warnings broadcast on radio, it didn’t snow in Orange until after I’d left, so I never got to see the weather forecaster run naked down … Continue reading
The magic of story telling
There’s something magical about story telling and I don’t pretend to know what’s behind it, but I do know I had the best fun in Dubbo and Orange. And libraries? … Continue reading
Be careful what you wish for
On the last day of July, with another month of winter still left here in the Southern Hemisphere, Sydney’s temperature hit twenty-five degrees; nine degrees above average for this time … Continue reading
Strawberries in the Desert 
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