Painful Change
This gorgeous creature meandered into my garden on a wafting breeze. I watched delighted, as it rested first on my Boston Fern and then settled on me. The Common Eggfly […]
Category Archives: Perspective
Growing Companions
Companion planting is not a new concept. I first encountered the idea when I read a book on the subject many years ago. Trying to recall the original title, I […]
Stop! Thief!
Stop! Stop thinking you can to steal something simply because you covet it. What makes you think you’re entitled?! How dare you!! These thoughts have been a broken record in […]
Does There Have to be Blood?
“But there’s no blood,” my grandson protested when I despaired about the violence in the video game, Fortnite: Battle Royale. I’m sure there’s not a person on the planet […]
The View From Here
My courtyard is tiny, but I think I’ve told you that before. Despite the limiting view of the walled space, the pocket handkerchief piece of sky above, it still seems […]
What Remains
We descended a long, rutted track, overgrown with ti-tree, into a valley at the base of a towering escarpment. Nestled amongst the underbrush on the banks of a burbling creek, […]
A Frame of Mind?
Have you ever captured just a glimpse of something? A brief moment when something ordinary is lit in such a way as to offer an extra-ordinary perspective? I suspect this […]
Forever Temporary
I need reminding. Nothing is forever. This is never more evident than in my garden – a deep repository for life’s important lessons. It takes a gardener like me time […]
Deep Impact
The last in my series of three travel adventures took us on a road trip from my home in northern New South Wales, up the Queensland coast to the […]
Altered States
If you think the title of this post sounds like a good sci-fi movie, then read no further. Rather, I want to explore how visiting another state (Queensland in this […]
