This looks like a great community to be a part of and I will try and contribute when I can There is sublime beauty in some of the most harshest of things This is a common scotch Thistle, deemed a wed and

The place where they lived had its own soul, it’s own actors, and its own story, which seeped into every crevice of every stone in every cobbled street. With its rolling hills, and its views across the

So, you want to hear all about the office dynamics with that Randy Mandy chick? Ok then… I got told today that it is “inappropriate” for me to call Mandy, “Randy Mandy’. I don’t know what all the fuss

A life bigger than ourselves: Gods, dogs & birds Sam and I surveyed the dewy spring garden in the delicate morning light. It was a rare moment of stillness for Sam who as a toddler was usually always

I was reminded today of a story about David Helfgott, the extraordinarily talented and internationally renowned pianist who was the subject of the iconic movie named, “Shine”… Many years ago, my son Sam

Dear Diary, Today she told me she was pleased I now had to use a wheelchair because it demonstrated diversity in the department. I must not have concealed my shocked expression very well because she rolled

It’s a slow Sunday pottering in the veggie patch, soaking up the mild afternoon sun that twinkles through the softly falling drizzle from the heavens above. Three magpies follow behind and as I squat to

Between Heaven and Earth Richard slipped out of bed, strutted in silence out his front door and over to the ancient gum tree where he could watch the eastern sky. Stars twinkled a cheery hello to him from

Walter finds his spark Walter had only one task and that one task was to guard the dragon egg. But now he had done it; of all the horrendous things he had done in his life this one was definitely the worst.

Hear the sunset, taste the sunset, touch the sunset Synaesthesia is a remarkable condition, a sort of joining of the senses... … but before I explain more, I should back-pedal a little and just point out