Category Archives: Life

Outback travels

After all the excitement of the launch of Sunset Shadows, we headed off to outback New South Wales and South Australia for a two-week holiday. There have been unusually good rainfalls across central and eastern Australia the past month or … Continue reading

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Looking forward

The past year was a difficult one for me, much of it spent glued to the computer struggling with a book, and then almost two months in Canberra through my beloved mother’s last illness and death, age 83. But looking … Continue reading

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Seasons

Autumn seemed to go by in a flash this year! The highlight for me was the Jane Austen Festival in Canberra in April. Preceded by some serious costume sewing, I went to Canberra with my friend Emily, and my niece … Continue reading

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Little Miss Disruption

How can one cute little puppy disrupt our settled lives (and my blogging) so thoroughly? Way back in January I introduced our new border collie puppy, Pippin: Way back in February was the last time I updated this blog. These … Continue reading

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Romancing the Frock

Frocks can be romantic. Ovarian cancer is never romantic. That’s why I’m frocking up and joining in Frocktober, an Australian campaign to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and to raise funds for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. Every ten hours, … Continue reading

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