I just finished watching a video by Dr Naomi Wolf (see at the end of this post) where she reads one of her substack articles: Thanksgiving in A Victim World. It left me reeling and realising just how much we have lost, and wondering what it will take to find ourselves again. The video/article perfectly…
All Those Years
All those years when we could have been singing.All those years if they didn’t go away.All those times when we could have been laughing.All those days when the children would have played. Time stood still while lives were disappearing.City streets silent when the people stayed inside.All those years when we could have been living.Swallowed by…
An Easter Miracle
Many years ago when I was looking for work after completing University, my mother and I prayed a lot together about many intentions, including my desire to find a good job where I could put my education, skills, and talents to use. It was a very difficult time when I often felt hopeless and dejected;…
Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet
“Don’t just believe everything you read girls, question everything.” She emphasised that word: ‘EVERYTHING’. The class was quiet. And I’ve since questioned why her words stayed with me. Ms T. was my English teacher in my senior VCE high school years. She was Greek-Australian with frizzy long hair, a zest for life, a hearty laugh,…
Lessons from a Hamlet Life
“They say a storm in summer clears the air and leaves the world peaceful. But there are some storms that stir the world so about, that when they have passed, things can never be set back quite as they were.” – Adult Laura Timmins, Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora ThompsonSource: “Lark Rise to Candleford…
When We Forget
As I reflect on the incredible sacrifice that thousands made for the freedom of others on this ANZAC Day 2021, and I look back at the madness of the year that has gone by since the beginning of the current pandemic, the realisation is always the same – the battle is always for and within…
What Matters Most
Lent 2021 is almost upon us. This time last year life was, for all intents and purposes, kicking along in this new decade. Sure, there may have been rumours about some sort of virus in China spreading but many people – here in the southern hemisphere at least – were only hearing tiny rumblings and…
I Don’t Know
How many timesHave I waited and hoped?Only to hear the silenceOf the night skyThat is your soul.And I don’t know the way Days go byMany nightsIn contemplation and prayer.Thinking, breathing inThe nothing repeating – again and again. And I lie mystified there…
The MuSinGer 