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...]
CREATIVE JOY
Creative pieces including short fiction, poetry, music, visual art and photography.
Broken toys
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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...]