Category: Writing

Happy New Year!! There’s always something special about the start of a New Year. Logic says there’s nothing exceptional that takes place in that brief period between 11:59p.m. and 12:00a.m. and yet, defying all logic, there is for billions of people across the world. Personally, I like the momentum of the beginning of January. In…

The past two months seem to have flown by. We’re at New Year’s Eve already in Australia. The whole year seems to have passed in a blur. The focus in November and December has been firmly on family with visits and Christmas incorporating the usual social gatherings, hours of cooking, overeating and the odd whisky…

The roses are going crazy! I’ve positioned my desk so that I look out at the rose garden and at the moment it is gorgeous. The weather seemed to go from zero to thirty (celsius) overnight so it’s out of the winter clothes and into the summer ones. We have three hares that visit and…

Here in the Southern Hemisphere spring is underway. Living as I do in a mountainous area we’re a month or so behind the warmer places, but nonetheless, spring has arrived! This is one of my favourite times of year in the garden. The snow bells that come out in winter fade away and the blue…

Very excited to announce that progress of Addy has come along substantially since the last update. It’s now at the 29% point. It’s coming along nicely and quite quickly which is great and more importantly, I’m enjoying writing it. I’m anticipating another substantial progress update for the end of September. We’re starting to come out…