image source: Pixabay TheDigitalArtist How do I begin to write about the radical change that has enveloped me at the end of 2024? A week ago I was still in full-time employment with enviable entitlements and financial security, working for a university library. Today I am redundant and embarking on radically revising my life and … Continue reading Embracing Change: Finding Meaning After Redundancy
Cattle Camp Cabin Piralilla farm Nobby.
When I recently decided I needed to take a short retreat I looked around for something suitably relaxing and isolated, while still close to home. I was surprised to find an absolute gem just 30 minutes from town. Toowoomba is a large inland city and it is surrounded by the rich productive black soils of … Continue reading Cattle Camp Cabin Piralilla farm Nobby.
Retreat, rejuvenate and reconnecting with my wild and pagan soul.
image: Cheesetoastie64 an Australian Jewel spider Do you ever want to just stop the world and take a time out? Retreat into solitude and isolation. Take time to just re-align with what is real in a world of unreal demands and expectations. Escape, just for a moment the horrors of the news cycle and the … Continue reading Retreat, rejuvenate and reconnecting with my wild and pagan soul.
Resurrection for Gum trees and galaxies.
Life kind of got a bit hectic so the blog did get neglected but all that has changed now. Back on track. I did take a short retreat recently and that allowed me to re-set, focus on things that matter and reorganise my priorities and time. Taking on an extra day of work and some … Continue reading Resurrection for Gum trees and galaxies.
Under the Milky Way
And it's something quite peculiar,Something that's shimmering and white.Leads you here despite your destination,Under the milky way tonight Wish I knew what you were looking forMight have known what you would find -Under the Milky Way Lyrics as written by Steven John Kilbey Karin Gunilla Jansson (A Soundtrack for this post: https://youtu.be/mA54NBtPKdI ) Photo by … Continue reading Under the Milky Way
A new experience for November
Hi everyone, G here and I have had first time experience I would like to share which is a little different to the general gist of this blog. To be a little different both B an I attended Supanova Brisbane 2022. What is Supanova you ask? "Supanova Comic Con & Gaming has been the welcoming home … Continue reading A new experience for November
Sunflowers on the Downs
There is something magical about sunflowers - it seems impossible not to experience delight at the sight of a field of tall, bold, radiant blooms. Beloved subject of artists and Instagramers, symbol of happiness, hope and resistance. A few weeks back we had a sunflower field adventure just outside of Toowoomba. Warraba sunflowers at Cambooya … Continue reading Sunflowers on the Downs
Visit to Tin Can Bay
S and I had a week long break and decided to go somewhere different. Looking around we decided on the village of Tin Can Bay. We were lucky to not be affected by the recent floods and did set up in a dog friendly caravan park called Kingfisher Caravan Park. It is a nice little … Continue reading Visit to Tin Can Bay
Help Peggy and Molly.
Just a quick post to share the story and current plight of Peggy, Molly, Ruby and their human family. Peggy is a little staffy who formed an unlikely bond with an abandoned magpie chick who came to be called Molly, it turns out Molly is actually a male magpie but at the time that was … Continue reading Help Peggy and Molly.
New year reflection
image source pixabay This time of year is always a moment to pause for reflection before the hectic pace again resumes. I entered the 2021 Christmas period with a sense of exhaustion in every sense, not because the year had been especially intense for me, it had not. I know people for whom the year, … Continue reading New year reflection
Gum trees and Galaxies 