After my heart to heart blog yesterday about volunteering challenges, I want to go to the flipside and mention the 10 best practices which kept me volunteering for a long time and which would lead me to do it again (perhaps more when I retire though as I really have done so much of itContinue reading “Best Practice in Working with Volunteers”
Off line, wised up and loving those that show respect
A lot more of my creative work is happening off line. I can’t share it with you yet. It’s secret creative business. The people who are seeing it are reading mentors, otherwise known as beta readers. They are making suggestions and asking me questions. They are people who like my ideas, but are skilled atContinue reading “Off line, wised up and loving those that show respect”
Ecology Quest – am I living a second childhood ?
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Stories in the Stone, Land, and Songs – June Perkins Whilst thinking about how to deepen my writing about place – a love for ecological writing, nature writing, and an idea for a new book of poetry and story has been born, or surfaced. Looking back I see there are…
Ecology Quest 2 – Bauhinia and what’s in a place name ?
I am in the midst of a first draft of a ‘nature essay.’ The journey of this essay includes being fascinated by the plants in the streets around me. There are at least four varieties of Bauhinia. This plant originates in India. The one above is the Bauhinia Purpurea, also known as geranium tree. The tree flowersContinue reading “Ecology Quest 2 – Bauhinia and what’s in a place name ?”
Ecology Quest 1 – Bush turkey holes, and finding a bat wing coral tree
Yesterday I read the following from David Attenborough: “Where in 1945 it was thought that the way to solve the problem was to create wildlife parks and nature reserves, that is no longer an option. They are not enough now. The whole countryside should be available for wildlife. The suburban garden, roadside verges … allContinue reading “Ecology Quest 1 – Bush turkey holes, and finding a bat wing coral tree”
