My father was a gentleman…
Thank you to all of the wonderful souls out there who contacted me and sent their well wishes and condolences over the last six months since my dad’s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer back in April. Needless to say, it was grueling for all involved to watch the gradual deterioration and (more…)
A play on words – an excerpt from Oracle in the Mist
Please remember that the children’s books were written as a collaborative project with my children when we were homeschooling in 2008. They were written pre-University and were more a fun thing to do than a serious attempt at literature. Bobby and David are about to have the adventure of a (more…)
Remember how I said I was going to start travel writing?
(2/9/22 – RIP Tom, the world is not the same without you.) And how I’m interested in meeting people of all kinds so I can interview them for my articles? Well, this weekend I met an incredible couple who have such an amazing story to tell that I think I (more…)
Master and Miss at the beach -fictionalising a diary entry
I’d deliberately left a little earlier today after yesterday’s calamity of the tide coming in right on top of us forcing us back against the sheer cliff face and eventually off the beach… We wound our way back through the tee-tree tunnel that we’d found yesterday but had somehow missed (more…)
First-Ever Interview
This is something I’ve been wanting to start for a long time. Enjoy meeting Andy the artist and please feel free to leave a comment at the end 🙂 Synchronicities Abound At Kapi Art Space For Andy Machray the many leisure drives through the Dandenong Ranges paid off one day (more…)
For those of you who wish to see me
… and hear the latest news from Mahl please click here I’d like to take this opportunity again to thank the people who have been with me through thick and thin never once turning their back but digging in with me deeper to help through the hard times. We’ve now (more…)
I never would have dreamt…
That Mahl, Melbourne Association of History & Literature, would go from a secret club of book lovers to gaining 20+ students/clients and many subscribers all over the world to now expanding operations overseas. I’m hoping my first student in India will come on board as a teacher or Editor one (more…)
Girl from a sleepy backwater
Coming from a sleepy backwater the temptation is to sleep – A LOT!! Lately I’ve been thinking about the fact all of my dreams have come true albeit in a perplexing and convoluted way. Actually, when I scroll back through my memory reel at the dozens or perhaps hundreds of (more…)
Last night I made a bargain with God
Please bring my pregnant daughter and her family home to Australia and in return I’ll do anything you ask … 🔥72 Post Views (more…)