Sunday Blog 208 – 9th November 2025 My mother was a diarist. At the end of the day she sat at the kitchen table or perhaps on her comfortable armchair with her meal tray as a desk. She’d write about the intricate doings of each day in her week-to-a-page diary. What letters had arrived, phone …
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Having a say
Sunday Blog 207 – 2nd November 2025 This Sunday Blog comes with a trigger warning. I’m going to talk about sexual assault so if that is not the right topic for you today, please scroll on. This week I had a major breakthrough with a stale writing goal. The kind that gets written out in …
27 Years Ago Today
(Almost) Sunday Blog 206 – 27th October 2025 I delayed the Sunday Blog to 27th October so I could marinade in all the twenty-sevens. Because twenty-seven years ago today in 1998 I was in labour in a birthing pool. And now, darling daughter is twenty-seven. (Or she will be tomorrow, because labour can take a …
Thursday’s child has far to go
Sunday Blog 205 – 19th October 2025 When we pulled into my suburb in Perth, on the drive home from the airport 19 days ago, my heart sank. It was all over. Ireland, Italy, France, Greece. Focusing on writing. Honing my European driving skills. All over. Such a whiny baby. How could I even give …
If you’re not alive, is it still your birthday?
Sunday Blog 204 – 12th October 2025 Asking for a friend. Or my dear departed dad I suppose. Not that he was particularly interested in birthdays while he was alive. Let’s say it wasn’t part of his family culture. He was one of eleven children in a family with few extra resources for birthday treats. …
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Meditations on deathiversaries, Irish twins and headstones
Sunday Blog 203 – 5th October 2025 It’s Dad’s five year deathiversary, and I think enough time has passed to tell this story. It wasn’t until two weeks before his death that I even knew there was a three-for-one grave at Fremantle cemetery that Dad had purchased back in 2003 or thereabouts for his brother …
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That’s more like it…
Sunday Blog 201 – 21st September 2025 The Greek writing retreat I’ve been immersed in since last week has many repeat customers, including me. This is my third time at Limnisa, near Methana in Greece. With its ocean, olive trees, choice of apartment living or retreat centre it’s the perfect mix for me. Memories of …
When adventure comes knocking
Sunday Blog 200 – 14th September 2025 Around about this time last week, I was forming a desperate resolve. Just 48 hours into my French writing retreat, I realised I couldn’t manage another seven days. There was a slim window of escape around 3pm when they were picking up the next retreat attendee from the …
Father’s Day reflection
Sunday Blog 199 – 7th September 2025 I’ve been on the road since Friday 23rd August. I’ve flown across the world, driven hundreds of kilometres in Ireland, both in the Republic and Northern Ireland, then travelled to Italy for five days and am now in France. Two Sundays have gone by without a Sunday blog. …
Letting the sorrow ripen
Sunday Blog 198 – 17th August 2025 This week I’ve been to Melbourne for a two-day meeting which I had intrepidly volunteered to co-chair, then I played catch-up with other work and volunteering commitments and worked on my final assignment for my first unit of a creative writing graduate certificate. As I’ve been focusing on …