Brick Bay where wine and sculpture unite …
Given the huge success of my blog Gibbs Farm – take a walk on the wild side I find it really strange that I have neglected…
An unlikely comparison: Jane Austen and the Tea Sisters
It does of course make no sense nor is it sensible to state that my conversation on Saturday with Storm and India, the Tea Sisters stirred…
Steampunk HQ – Oamaru, NZ
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can… begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Beautiful words Goethe…but there…
Disconnecting to reconnect…
In this age of social media devices gobbling up every spare nanosecond of our down time our brain is starved of time to disconnect and travel…
My first year of blogging…
Why should we all use our creative power…? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting…
Instagram, love, looking around and poetry…
Love, loss, looking around… This month’s Poetry Showcase post takes inspiration from my poetry roots – Massey University’s paper Love, loss, looking around. The journey has…
Wintergardens – slice of summer in winter
What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not…
Hidden gem in Auckland’s Learning Quarter…
The University Creative Processes paper first assignment is a ‘Me’ box; an original creative work, which allows the tutor to get to know their student. For…
Finding film noir and the hard-boiled detective in Helensville’s, The Grand Hotel…
The sun was melting the early morning frost on the grass verge as I walked towards The Grand Hotel, the setting for the Focus Photography group…
Briefcase – contains legal documents and poems by John Adams
In a recent blog, Poetry Showcase – the hiatus explained and looking for a way forward, with a little help from friends, I mentioned my one-time…
