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In my head, I look like woman on the left. But really, who am I kidding? I’m definitely the-lady-in-the-dressing-gown-at-Coles. Besides, it would be exhausting to be walking around holding your arms up like that all the time. (That is the ONLY reason I don’t look like her.) Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve noticed that everything seems to be reversing in …
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” -Rainer Maria Rilke *** Every year, I pick a theme to help me navigate the bumps and steer me forward with purpose, instead of floundering around in my usual way. This practice has worked to varying degrees … until this year. This year it worked miracles! …
I am an “accidental artist”. I never planned this life. Instead, I did the opposite and accumulated degrees in Science. But I never felt like I was any good at what I was trained in. I never felt like I was thriving. And then Life threw some Big Challenges my way, and everything I thought I knew about myself was …
I have a new obsession: creating tiny, 8 paged sketchbooks. Made from just one sheet of paper, folded four times and strategically snipped in one spot, I cannot claim to have invented this idea, but I am entranced by the simplicity and the immediacy of it. So, instead of painting large works on wood or canvas as I would normally …
Let me list for you the top twelve things that I really struggle with… Using new technology. Any kind. I needed 2 tutorials (with notes) to learn to use an electric drill. Finding my way without Google Maps. Shopping centres pose a unique challenge. Reading instructions. The words merge into one, and I nod off. Measuring things accurately. I try. …
“On my morning walk today, it occurred to me how difficult it was to walk and run on the red dirt of Western Australia. Nature trails here in the Perth hills are slightly treacherous: hard and dry and uncompromising. Covered in tiny little slippery round pea-sized bits of rock. You need good shoes, and you need to pay attention. It’s …
My Ruby Dog is ageing very fast all of a sudden. One minute I had a beautiful, agile Kelpie who could outrun almost anyone and anything, and the next, she’s walking into glass doors, and can’t hear me when I call. When I clap and yell loudly to get her attention, she runs in the EXACT opposite direction. Ruby senses …
It’s Father’s Day in Australia. I wrote this to honour my larger-than-life dad, Chellie J. Sundram. He passed away twenty-seven years ago. My father loved gadgets. His home office had every gizmo and gadget he could lay his hands on – in duplicate. Two personal computers (when they were still relatively unusual in anyone’s office, home or otherwise), two photocopiers …
When the sun comes out, drops of rain hanging off the eucalyptus leaves sparkle like diamonds. I look out my window and feel the forest around me twinkling and smiling. It’s winter Down Under and the dry earth of Perth, Western Australia is being pelted with seemingly unending amounts of water. The days are cold and wet. Our climate can …
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