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With love and forgiveness

11 April, 2017 by Summer 4 Comments

Paris at night

Forgive me if I fail to do our story justice, if I stumble and fall. It is difficult to speak of you without tears. How can I ever forget your pain? Now we only meet in dreams, on a bed of … [Read more...]

Broken toys

20 February, 2016 by Summer 1 Comment

My son left home for six months  in September last year and I (finally!) found time to develop a hobby. Okay, I write this blog as a hobby, but I also started having weekly guitar lessons. I've been … [Read more...]

The waiting game

28 May, 2014 by Summer 1 Comment

Waiting. For an answer. Yes or no. When all I have is maybe. Maybe. The most uncertain word ever to exist. My heart stands still while time beats on. It is still with you. Waiting for a … [Read more...]

Painting class

11 March, 2014 by Peta Goodwin Leave a Comment

"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...]

Fiddlin’ about

4 January, 2014 by Peta Goodwin

Peta Goodwin playing fiddle

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...]

Giving birth to my first book

1 January, 2014 by Bronwyn Clee 3 Comments

Bali

Conception I started writing my first book in 2002. I filed the outline in a ‘secret file’ in case our children stumbled across it on our shared computer. Funny thing was, I forgot about the secret … [Read more...]

Storm clouds

13 December, 2013 by Bronwyn Clee Leave a Comment

Closer to the Morning by Nathan White

Storm clouds brewed out beyond the Keppel Islands and sent an ominous shiver down my spine. Was tonight to be another night of howling winds, snapping ropes and screaming sails? Looking out over … [Read more...]

Linda

8 December, 2013 by Peta Goodwin Leave a Comment

Drawing of a woman

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...]

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