It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” Rainer Maria Rilke After a month in windy, rainy Melbourne, I arrived in Sydney to feel the nurturing warmth of 20 degree plus days…and it’s not officially spring yet. But in Sydney, Mother Nature has decreed that it might as… Read More It’s (Almost) Springtime in Sydney
Whenever I move to a new city, I like to catch up with local friends. I’d organised with Lorna, my Melbourne friend, to meet at Sorrento and enjoy a day out. It always feels like an adult play-date when we meet; there’s a feeling of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to it as we give ourselves… Read More Sunny Day in Sorrento
We Are The World is a monthly blogfest which seeks to bring positive stories to light. This is my contribution for July. As human beings,we’re all wounded. Some wounds heal quickly, others can take a lifetime but in our imperfect world there is often an expectation that we should be perfect and so we try… Read More WATB# WeAreTheWorld Blogfest; Showing Our Scars
I’m a reader and during this time of hibernation before the start of my personal new year (birthday), I’ve increased my thirst for a good book. Yes, I could buy new books and donate them to Vinnies or gift them to friends when I leave and yes I’m also an e-reader with lots of books… Read More A Hidden Library Gem
T This year I decided to do winter. As a summer person, I prefer the bright sunshine of the north and managed to avoid winter’s chill for the past four years. But you can’t keep repeating the past can you? So I agreed to a house sit in Melbourne, on the other side of Port… Read More The Other Side of Melbourne in Winter
Can there be anything more exquisitely beautiful than a finely cut piece of jewellery? Even if we can’t afford to buy it, we can admire and appreciate it from afar. In the case of the jewellery and watchmaking of the Cartier family, I had the rare pleasure of visiting the Cartier exhibiton with my grandaughter,… Read More That Cartier Style
This is my contribution to the wonderful monthly blogfest WeAreTheWorld, a Blogfest is all about spreading the love and the cohosts this month are Shilpa Garg,Simon Falk, Mary J Giese, Dan Antion, Damyanti Biswas. Biswas. Biswas. Mother Nature is wonderful isnt she? And without wanting to minimise the negative effects of human induced climate change,… Read More WATB:WeAreTheWorldBlogfest; Mother Nature’s Resilience CSIRO names 212 new species of insects, fish, plants
On a crisp, bright winter’s day, I decided to explore the bush nearby my retreat. My sole companion, Meggie, relished the chance at a two hour walk along the track to the waterfalls which was barred to local shooters and mischief makers in this solitary part of North East Tasmania. The colours of nature on… Read More The Hidden Gems of the Tasmanian Bush
Its a tiny town really, located in the North East coast of Tasmania bording the the Bass Strait. Tiny not only because of the human population, but also because it’s a seasonal home for those beautiful creatures, the little penguins who have a rookery at a point named after them. Little penguins are aptly named,only… Read More The Big Little Town of Penguin, Tasmania
In many cultures and spiritual traditions, mountains are the homes of the Gods. So in theory, it felt like the right way to approach a Hindu shrine- walking slowly, mindfully in steep ascent to the limestone cave dedicated to Lord Murugan. But in practice it was an altogether different experience. The humidity took my breath… Read More 272 Steps to the Gods
Things are as they are, not as they should be!
Ovo nije sve
Transform your life with Astrology
L'art de l'astrologie intuitive
The Cricket Pages
Pen and Paper
Travel for independent women
random thoughts 'n things from the life of jacob
reflections on life as an house sitter and perpetual traveller
An exploration of writing and reading
Metaphorically speaking that is, let’s not get creepy.
Home of Lukas Kondraciuk Photography
Paranormal Novelist & Fairy Prose Metrist
"El Mundo Visible es Sólo un Pretexto" / "The Visible World is Just a Pretext".-
Words inspired by dreams, coffee and travel
Tales from the mouth of a wolf
Surreal Landscapes by Maikhail Buzhinskiy
Dr. K. A. Acharya
