A connection to country…

A connection to country…

by | May 1, 2013 | MEMOIR

I read a post the other day by Sue at Whispering Gums about Place in Australian Literature and it got me thinking. I grew up in cold, rugged Tasmania, with hills on every horizon, very few sweeping plains, and very little sunburnt countryside. The Tassie...
Family Secrets

Family Secrets

by | Apr 28, 2013 | CHILDHOOD ABUSE & TRAUMA, MEMOIR

Between August and October 2010, I had a couple of long telephone conversations with my grandmother in Tasmania. She was 88-years-old at the time and I wanted to learn as much about her life as I could before she inevitably left us. And I did … My grandmother,...
In Memory of My Father

In Memory of My Father

by | Mar 25, 2013 | MEMOIR

It is one year today since my father passed away. He had Alzheimer’s and over the preceding year I’d watched his brain and body decline. The day before he died, I walked into his room at the nursing home and did a double take: I thought I was too late. He was lying on...