"I live a creative life." This feels like an odd thing to say because this is the life I have always lived and I don't know any different. The only reason I ...

It's been three months since my last blog post. We were in the final days of winter then and now Spring has almost come to an end. Oh how time flies! I'd use...

Spring is in the air and I couldn't be happier for the shift in seasons. Lately I've been spending lots of time outdoors in the garden prepping for the growi...

I have always wanted to sew my own quilt. Ever since I can remember I have dreamed of having the patience to be able to sit and piece together a beautiful ho...

It is almost mid-winter. The daylight hours are short and I find myself tucked up in bed earlier than usual weaving baskets or hand-stitching hectic patchwor...

Oh what beautiful days these have been! May has been a glorious month of mild weather and sunshine. The world around here looks green and lush and sparkling ...

The Australian federal election was on over the weekend and the results have shocked me to such a degree that I have wept sad, salty tears and found myself i...

I am enchanted with handmade things. I identify a soulfulness with objects that are crafted as a labour of love. One group of objects that I am particularly ...

This morning, on a whim (because that's how I roll), I decided to detach myself from social media for the rest of May. I can't say exactly why I felt the urg...

April, thus far, has been a wholly whimsical month in my neck of the woods. Rainy days have dominated and many mornings I have woken to the hills covered in ...

The seasons have turned. It is Autumn in the subtropics. Mornings are still and crisp, flowers are blooming throughout the herb beds and the days feel shorte...

Every time I sit down to write in my blog I marvel at how much time has passed since my last post. So much for a weekly writing practice in 2019! I should kn...

It's 2019. Yep, another year has folded itself into the pages of history and 2019 has us in its vice. Time shatters every illusion of control I have in me. I...

Today I am missing the Indian ocean. My heart feels a longing for the vast expanse of shimmery blue. I want to walk outside and put my feet in soft sand, bre...

If there is one thing that 2018 has taught me so far it has been to "Go with the Flow". Yes, yes, I know, it's a bit glib and as far as nuggets of wisdom go ...

World Environment Day was yesterday (June 5) and World Ocean's Day is on June 8 so I thought it the perfect time to think about my impact on the world and how...

There is a little coral cay located at the southernmost end of the Great Barrier Reef called Lady Elliot Island. For marine life lovers this place is paradis...

This past weekend we visited both Springbrook and Lamington National Parks in the Gold Coast Hinterland. We immersed ourselves in the mountain air and surrou...

Thrush song, stream song, holy love That flows through earthly forms and folds, The song of Heaven’s Sabbath fleshed In throat and ear, in stream and ston...

It's almost two weeks since we've arrived back in Brisbane to live and I haven't even begun to recount the final leg of our cross country journey. There is n...