This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath. Gustave Flaubert Every morning, around 5.30 I pass the Royal Poinciana and Mango trees. I noticed the beauty of the Poinciana… Read More The Blessings of Natural Abundance or Why I’m not Celebrating Christmas This Year
Records are being broken; yes its summer but unlike other summers past. The seasonal heat, its intensity, duration and coverage, has changed making it hard to enjoy the beauty and languor of the summer holidays in Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/bom-warns-of-scorching-sydney-weather-with-top-of-45c/10723824 How we live our lives during such a time has changed-aircon is essential not optional, (thank you… Read More Saturday Morning, Sydney Harbour, Heatwave Hangover
You feel it the minute you arrive in the Sunshine state; a loosening not just of clothing but an easing up in your approach to life. After three months of experiencing winter in three different states, Tasmania, the ACT and Victoria, I arrived on an overcast, wet day in Brisbane, Queensland. Although the sun didn’t… Read More That Queenslander Feeling
I used to long for white christmases when growing up and felt that our festivities were somehow inauthentic. Now I can appreciate that here in Australia we’re lucky to have Christmas in the middle of summer. Sure the pre-christmas shopping is frantic as you search for a shaded spot near the shops,sure white Christmases look… Read More A Tropical Festive Season
Its the quintessential Aussie thing to do on Christmas day, which in the Southern Hemisphere falls on Midsummer. This ywar I thought Id break with tradition and stay near the Swan river rather than the beaches on the Indian Ocean. Rising early, I decided to reprise my visit of two Ch5istmases past and have an… Read More In Celebration of Small Things; A Christmas Day Swim
In Celebration of Small Things Blogroll: Sea Salt, White Sand and Sunshine ‘Little Darlin it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter, Little Darlin it feels like years since it’s been here, Here comes the sun, Here comes the Sun and I say it’s alright’ George Harrison Since February this year I have experienced a short… Read More In Celebration of Small Things Blogroll: Sea Salt, White Sand and Sunshine
Thoughts on the history and heritage of Chinese Australia
Fun, unusual and forgotten designations on our calendar.
Writing tales of then and now and the in-between
Things are as they are, not as they should be!
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Transform your life with Astrology
L'art de l'astrologie intuitive
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Karen DeMers Dowdall
Wedding photographer in Buckinghamshire
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reflections on life as an house sitter and perpetual traveller
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