Balloons, berths and butterflies
This week, I travelled half way around the planet in 22 hours. Well – 22 hours in the air plus quite a few more hours hanging around airports. But when you say…
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Driving in the Outback
When I first came to live in England, one of the things that amazed me was all the conversation about roads – or more precisely routes. I’d listen to people saying –…
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It’s knitting season
It’s a while since I’ve posted a knitting blog – and not for the reason you are thinking. Here in the northern hemisphere, summer is gone and WINTER IS COMING – cue…
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Mail can be so exciting
It’s been an exciting week – mostly postage related. It started when the nice parcel delivery man knocked on the door to give me a big brown cardboard box. It contained my…
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A personal tribute…
This week, the publishing world lost one of its best and brightest… agent Carole Blake. Her sudden death was met in equal measure by shock and grief. A world without Carole was…
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Like sand and glue
A little while ago, Bob Dylan was award the Nobel Prize in Literature – the first songwriter ever to receive the award. I found this really interesting for two reasons… Firstly that…
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A sudden need for a trophy shelf
Don’t you hate it when someone’s phone goes off at a really inopportune moment. Like during a film, or a live performance. That’s why I always turn mine off, or to vibrate.…
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Looking into my own past
When I travel I love going to museums – but recently I found myself going to a museum near my old home town in Queensland. It was like looking back into…
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The PM and the painting
I met an old friend at London’s Royal Academy the other day … a friend who caused a million dollar controversy in Australia when I was still at school. I remember it…