Come On Over

This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 6 July 2018  —  Hospitable.

On my last visit to the National Folk Festival, (Canberra), I met Grey.  He owns this pad which is his home away from home when he travels to festivals.  He leaves his “campervan” unlocked so anyone can check it out as they wander past.  Read more

A New World

This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 4 July 2018 — Resurrect.

It seems to me that without music we have nothing; we are nothing.  For many of us, it is central to our cultural identity and our personal identity. Read more

Serried Books All In A Row

This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 4 July 2018  —  Serried.

I am feeling a bit flat, perhaps because it is mid-Winter, and I have a tendency to feel flat at this time of year.  In Winter, everything becomes smaller and meaner, at least I perceive it to be so.  Or perhaps this is just the reality of these troubled times.  Words, ideas and causes are jostling for attention.  Usually when I feel this way, I find escape in my art (mosaics), but it is too cold at the moment for this form of escapism.  So I need another form of escapism.

I’m just a poor girl
Need an escape from reality
Open my eyes
Pick up a book and read.

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Less Is Best

This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt of 28 July 2018 — Reduce.

Next month has been designated Plastic-Free July.  People have been asked to give up single-use plastic for a month.  How great would it be if each of us could reduce our plastic use? Read more