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,...