Walk Out on the Din

Walk Out on the Din

In the past two months, I’ve been providing my local community, as well as family and friends meditation and mindfulness sessions. All on Zoom of course! The best thing was connecting with people from different parts of Sydney and the world. The difficult part was...
Footprints In My DNA

Footprints In My DNA

I was at my desk by 10 am. It’s part of a new writing routine, to turn up at the same time, same place. It’s a way of showing the muse my commitment to her. But in the last two days, not much writing or research has happened. Yesterday, instead of opening the laptop...
Emergence

Emergence

Yesterday, two unexpected,  joyous and seemingly unrelated events slipped into my day . They may not have happened if the world was still ‘normal.’ The night before, I had a virtual conversation with a friend in the UK, who is in total isolation. Normally,...
Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Vulnerable The drought breaks. Grace enters. Compassion pours into a heart, Encased in concrete. Resistance yields to Beloved’s tears. Worthlessness and shame wash away. Body softens. Eyes glow. Heart whispers, Be vulnerable. A rigid heart shatters. If this poem...
Change Is Coming

Change Is Coming

There were 4 million of us around the world on strike a couple of weeks ago. And most of those striking, were children.   In Sydney, I stood under the shade of magnificent Morton Bay Fig trees, at the Domain, and pinched myself a few times. How did humanity get to...

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