Creativity, Play and Rest
Meg’s musings on finishing a draft of a manuscript, learning to play (again) and rest.
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Locking down, again.
My suburb is going into lockdown tonight for the second time. I had just begun to enjoy being out in the world again (cautiously), albeit without hugs and kisses with friends. While I don’t feel the same level of anxiety mixed with relief this time, I am feeling like this thing may keep happening and that we will never really get on top of it.
The months that were a year or more
I don’t need to tell anyone that this year has been too much. When this year began, I thought that the biggest things that I would be having to deal …
Have I taught them enough?
My oldest two are moving out of the family home within three weeks of each other to pursue their studies out in the country. I’m very excited for them as …
How to go on while Australia burns
Today is cool in Melbourne. I woke to the strange sound of rain on the tin roof; it is easy to forget that there are so many fires still burning …
End of year thoughts
I have been putting off writing this post for a long time as I knew it would not be filled with any brilliant news or great successes. It’s hard to …
Every story takes time (and a cheer squad)
Two weeks ago I said to my husband that I should stop calling myself a writer. I felt utter despair with my two large writing projects. They felt too big, …
On exhaustion, writing and other things
I have been absent from here a great deal this year, which was to be expected with starting work full time for the first time since 1997 (yes, you read …
I stand for tolerance
Yesterday, on a day when most of the world took in the terrible news about the massacre in New Zealand, a neighbour decided to leave an intolerant note on the …