…to me chat with Tansy Rayner Roberts on Galactichat (a podcast site of Australian author interviews). Tansy is herself an author of several fantasies, and I am loving her ongoing trilogy, The Creature Court. I was well into the second … Continue reading
Village life outside Siem Reap Used to be able to see the broom seller like this in Malaysia. Rare now! Selling those baskets and brooms! Fire wood Village pump No chimney … Continue reading
Perth, Western Australia, is my home town. Where I was born and around which I grew up. As a child I lived at the foot of that range you can see in the background. I’m not a person who has … Continue reading
The foreshore of the town (Mandurah) Mandurah bridge Just a few minutes walk from the house I looked at Within walking distance of the house Within walking distance of the house Foreshore near the house Wood-duck and Oystercatchers Bird watching … Continue reading
The other day, my niece was shaking her head over a piece about re-educating sissy boys by sending them to special camps. I groaned, assuming she was talking about some right-wing county, or a country ruled by religious bigots who … Continue reading
The Angkor Wat temple complex (also early 12th century) was built as the state temple for the capital city. It is the best-preserved temple and the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first … Continue reading
This is for Zak, and anyone else who dreams of being a published writer one day. Why? Because I was like you once – a kid who wrote and dreamed of being published. (There was no internet back then, in … Continue reading
The real heyday of this city lasted just over a hundred years, the whole of the 12th century, when it sustained anywhere from 80,000 to 150,000 people. At the beginning of that century, London had about 18,000. An entrance gate … Continue reading
More from our Cambodian trip. We watched the cormorants flying in to roost Angkor Thom was the last capital of the Khmer Empire. It was surrounded by a moat and a wall and contained numerous temples and a Royal Palace … Continue reading
If you weren’t there, I’m sorry. You missed something really, really special. There were, I think, four main reasons: The venue – the Hyatt has a big circular open lounge in the middle and all the rooms used were nearby, … Continue reading
