We are currently in Tasmania for nine days, with our base in beautiful Launceston. I haven’t brought my laptop with me so am typing this on my phone, which is a bit tedious. We are here mainly for Launceston’s Festivale which began yesterday - Tasmania’s version of our WOMADelaide. Held in City ... READ the POST

I have a feeling today's blog is going to be a bit of a potpourri of 'Summer-of-Twenty-five' daily happenings. I am in reduction mode - not that I'm moving into a retirement village or down-sizing, but many of my friends seem to be doing it and I'm thinking, if that time should come for me, I'd ... READ the POST

Poetry and poets. As I sat here to begin my blog, having no idea what I was going to share, I began to think about the process of writing. I opened up one of my old journals. Back in the seventies I read voraciously - philosophical works - trying to understand myself and my place in the world, and ... READ the POST

I have neglected to share my poetry here lately, so after another stimulating gathering of poets yesterday, I am inspired to put some up today. For our gatherings, we have prompts to work to, but I have so many poems in my archives that I usually just pick a couple from amongst them. One of ... READ the POST

There will always be places to see. I will never tire of a road trip - the most recent one to our Flinders Ranges. We had the camper trailer packed from our long weekend in the hills with family. So there was only food to pack. We were on the road by eight. My brother had driven from Aldgate in his ... READ the POST

More of South Africa. It was winter with typically pleasant days reaching around twenty-four degrees, but the nights were cold. On our first morning, we were woken at five. By six, and after introductions all round, we climbed aboard our open four wheel drive with four other passengers. Solly was ... READ the POST