Strawberries in the Desert

Story telling from Australia

The Power or the Glory

The two women I met this week, one on a dairy farm three hours west of Melbourne, another on a sheep farm two hours north, sought neither power nor glory … Continue reading →

August 9, 2013 · 6 Comments

Dream Wheeler

“She had a dream…and she made it happen.” I met Jane Lambert in London twenty years ago, when she was in her mid sixties and I was in my early … Continue reading →

June 5, 2013 · 27 Comments

Picture of Happiness

It rained in Broken Hill yesterday, an English rain of low cloud, persistent drizzle and occasional heavy downpours. Wet leaves floated past, collecting in soggy piles and clogging the drains. … Continue reading →

May 24, 2013 · 12 Comments
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I'm a writer based in Australia with a passion for gardening, remote places and people with a story to tell.