So as this year ends I’m on the move again.I still have 5 weeks before I leave .I spent some time before Xmas at my sisters in Deniliquin a country town in NSW . I had a great time with my great nephew who travelled on the bus, a 4 hour trip, thank goodness for minecraft !!! It was hot and sunny , my sister … Continue reading ON THE MOVE
It’s been a long time, I ve been in lockdown for many a day & while I was I have been helping on this project. Its for children’s week and Halloween. I wrote the story & with some fantastic people created this piece. Enjoy it I’ll write a longer blog soon. Zompea Project on YouTube. Hope you are all doing well. Continue reading Zompea Project
How incredibly devastating is this Covid becoming. I’m living through Melbournes 6th lockdown, my 4th but if you count my two weeks quarantine then it’s my 5th.I have not been knitting or reading. I make roti & bread, not masterchef standard but edible. I am trying to do 6 to 8000 steps a day. I am so lucky where I live. How fortuitous it was … Continue reading Again, again and again.
Hope you are all going well. I’m really busy volunteering 4 days, doing lots of writing and connecting with a lot of interesting creative people. Totally the opposite to my life 12 Months ago, but I wouldn’t change anything loved it then love it now. We are not in lockdown however Sydney is, we still wear masks on public transport and in stores. My 2nd … Continue reading A brief update…
Time is moving quickly, I am now volunteering 4 days a week, 2 days for the StKilda Writers festival and the other 2 days at The Alex Theatre in StKilda, setting up a volunteer group, Covid just battered the theatre industry, no money for employees and this theatre is based on The Alex Reed Theatre in LA, getting on its feet again with the help … Continue reading Winter is coming.
I spent the weekend being back in the house I grew up in a place called The Offords Ripplebrook. The Offords was the name of the farm, so called because my Grandfather lived in the villages of Offord Cluny & D’Arcy in England, that farm had been in the family for 1,000 years, who knows why he immigrated with his 8 children & wife in … Continue reading Down Memory Lane
I can’t believe that is easily 6 weeks since I wrote my blog. It was such a highlight of my week while I was in Asia for 2 years now I am neglecting it. I haven’t got good WiFi where I am so have to go to the library a short tram ride away. By novel is on the edge of submitting it to agents. … Continue reading It’s been a while.
Finding Freedom Quarantine ended for me on 22nd, after 2 negative Covid tests, I was allowed out into the community to a different Melbourne than when I left. Discovering my new home was exciting, exactly how I imagined, bright & sunny, white and full of light, tiny but cute. It’s in a tree lined street full of beautiful old houses & a few drab brown … Continue reading Freedom, Friends & Festivities
I had a good flights. On the Phnom Penh to Singapore flight there were a few passengers, everyone had a row to themselves. While I was waiting for my flight a guy sat social distanced apart he had so much luggage I thought he was leaving after years living somewhere but no he turned out to be the director of a production company that was … Continue reading QUARANTINE LIKE A QUEEN
Well I sit here my last morning in Cambodia after 15 months. I travelled to Phnom Penh yesterday and stayed the night at The Pavillon a fabulous hotel that was once the residence of the Queen Consort in the 1920′ classic French /Khmer architecture , the gardens are lush, a wonderful finish to my time here. All protocols are in place, I am wearing my … Continue reading Last days in Kampot
Rubber soles open roads 