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(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.
or so the song goes by the late John Lennon . What an interesting time it is for us all to navigate our way through. It really hit home...
Well they say that timing is everything. I have been planning the launch of my book The Suitcase now for awhile. Imagining how it would...
I am patiently awaiting the proof copy of my book The Suitcase which should arrive this week. In the meantime my work desk is sitting...
My mind is in overdrive as I have tossed and turned away the last few nights. You see the recent murder of a woman and her children has...
There is a reason I like to keep my feet firmly planted on terra firma. I can feel the solid ground beneath me , knowing I am safe and ...
Today is Tuesday - simple really. Some may call it New Years eve, the day after Monday, the day they go back to work or have their...
I am thinking of changing my creative pursuits to painting. I really feel like donning myself a brightly sewn smock made from an old...
I feel rather Shakespearean when I utter these words to no one in particular, an ageing actor pacing the stage connecting with their...
There is an art to packing a suitcase for either a weekend getaway or overseas trip and I just never seem to get it right. It is such...
I have been in a reflective mood today. It has been drizzling a beautiful fresh rain for days and this harbours well for days of...
It's been awhile! It seems I have been stuck in some vortex of inertia lately. Life gets busier and I have been physically, emotionally...
Thank goodness for long weekends and lazy days , the perfect time to write and re-write. I think I have let go of quite a few words in my...
Whilst writing my memoir #TheSuitcase I was able to reflect on all the parts that make up the sum of me. Many years ago there was not...
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.This saying adapted from a line in "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns is one of my...
It's a good thing I know me. I am your go to person for great ideas, an organiser a builder of possibilities, a dreamer, a story...
I have been going through a stage of self reflection lately. I think that's part of the process of writing memoir. I also wonder if it is...
I have sent my baby - my manuscript - The Suitcase - off for assessment. It has been sitting on my desk, my lounge room floor, in my...
One woman's struggle to save herself.
If you had to escape and have ninety minutes, 3 children and an old suitcase what would you pack ?
What do you value ?
Is it sentiment or practicality that takes over?
What could you fit into The Suitcase.
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