A MAGICAL LUCERNE ‘FARAWAY’ TREE

A  MAGICAL LUCERNE  'FARAWAY' TREE

The climbing tree I grew up with was a giant lucerne. It provided as much delight for our family as that fictional ‘faraway’ tree. One of my favourite  childhood books  was The Magic Faraway tree, by Enid Blyton. It actually belonged to my sister. Who could not

Read more

LETTER TO MISS ALL! …. CHILDHOOD ANGST

LETTER TO MISS ALL! .... CHILDHOOD ANGST

DAYDREAMS I was raised on a small dairy farm  near Ulverstone, on the north west coast of Tasmania. Many would consider this an idyllic childhood, and in retrospect   it was.  However, owing to a steady diet of American comic books I eventually longed to be anywhere else

Read more