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Meet Bounty who stormed into my life at a time when I was struggling with multiple sclerosis. This stocky agent of change is the unlikely star of my forthcoming memoir....

Dear readers, a ditty is all I have time for right now as I complete the final editing phase of my next memoir on multiple sclerosis, friendship and an unruly...

This morning, I walk into the family room and stop dead. There’s a kookaburra perched on the wingback armchair. I’ve had birds inside before – a king parrot sometimes goes...

It's a year until my next memoir, Bounty, will be released by Vine Leaves Press. This might seem like a strange date to mark, but all of a sudden it...

Since babyhood, my twin granddaughters, Isla and Mia, had always babbled to each other in a stream of random vowels and consonants. But when they were about seventeen months old, these exchanges...

While waiting for my next memoir to be published by Vine Leaves Press in 2026, I'm developing an interest in the short form of nonfiction, also known as Flash Nonfiction....

This Australian summer has so far been brutal and it’s only January. Don’t be fooled by the Sydney beach scene above – I was home by 9am. Heat and humidity...

Is there any such thing as a Good Taste Guide to decorating a Christmas tree? If so, I’d like to purchase a few copies as stocking fillers for both my...

Having just relocated with my husband from Australia, and with time on my hands, I signed up for a writing course in New York City to learn about the craft...