These last few weeks have been hectic. I’ve been preparing for our Spinners and Weavers annual exhibition and sale, and also for our trip overseas. I wanted to clear a lot of my writing work before I go—and I’ve had…
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Problem solving—the easy way
Things are never too hard For a few seconds, it all seemed too hard. I had five articles to write last week, none of which I’d started, and it was clear that I should fly down to Melbourne and spend…
Tagged with: Business Writing, coping strategies, family memories, problem solving, stress, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Light on the Water
We have recently returned from Guatemala, where we visited the orphanage in which Alex, my son, has been volunteering. It was an experience full of contrasts and revelation. Contrasted against the beauty of Lake Atitlan, I saw the orphanage for…
Slugs and Snails and Puppy-Dogs’ Tails…
I’m sure you’ve experienced this: several things all happening close together, all focussing your attention on the same thing. Three recent events converged to remind me about gender-neutral language. As some of you know, I recently started a new contract…
Tagged with: business emails, Business Writing, family memory project, gender, gender-specific language, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Christmas Gifts For You
Alex update My Gifts to you this Christmas Helping Alex News for 2016 Alex Update: Thank you everyone for asking about how Alex is. If you didn’t see the story of what happened to my youngest son, it is…
Tagged with: alex, family memories, family memory project, share your skills, the, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project
Posted in The Family Memory Project
A Heartbreaking Personal Story
It’s been an unnerving and scary month, filled with tragedy and hope. I don’t just mean the terrorist attacks all over the world, which were undeniably tragic. I mean this in a far more personal way. My youngest son, Alex,…
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Your most important message
My daughter writes the most amazingly touching cards for our birthdays, mothers’ day, and fathers’ day. She does it right. But I have seen some very poor messages, and some very embarrassing ones. What makes a good message? We send…
It’s too late!
It’s too late now… You missed your opportunity… Have you ever missed out on something that you really wanted? When my eldest two children were babies, I had tickets to the Queen concert in Sydney. The tickets were more expensive…
9 Ways of Generating New Ideas for Your Business.
How do you come up with new ideas? Why do I need new ideas? Speak Your Book Watercolour Memoirs Do you offer everything you possible could for your clients? How do you come up with new ideas? I…
Things are changing
Things are changing. Have you ever felt that way? Recently, I’ve been struggling with transition. Something feels strange and weird in my life – like things are changing and I’m not sure why or how or where it will end.…
Tagged with: change, editing, film-making, the family memory project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
Posted in The Family Memory Project, writing
