"Let’s paint!" he says, flexing fingers that know paintbrushes I can tell, as his shirt knows paint (Are we going to get dirty?) the class leaps up - limber bare-bellied girls and a trio of … [Read more...]
PETA GOODWIN
Peta is lucky to live in Margaret River, Western Australia, as it's the perfect place for her business. Peta is now in her sixties and, in addition to running her studio apartment, she gardens, reads, knits, sews and sings with a choir. She is learning to play the fiddle and to speak French - with much enthusiasm but only marginal success so far! Her daughter, Summer, and grandson live in Melbourne. Peta has a dog called Zak who is in charge of meeting guests and showing them to their rooms.
Fiddlin’ about
All my life (it seems) I have filled in time spent waiting - which is a LOT of time, as all women know - by imagining myself playing the violin. I have played symphonies in parked cars, concertos in … [Read more...]
Garden blossoms into rich new life
A couple of years ago I thought I may have to give up gardening. An old back injury was giving me constant grief and people were saying things like “Well, at your age, maybe you should stop doing…” … [Read more...]
Linda
Author's note: For several years I worked as the weekend cook at a hostel for independent adults with disabilities in Perth. I used to wonder about the stories of the people who lived there. Not many … [Read more...]