Posted in books and creativity, creativity, homeschooling, schools, teens and creativity, teens and writing, Writing, tagged homeschooling, schools and creativity, schools and learning, writing and inspiration on September 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
What are we doing to our kids? I arrive at school at 7.30am and already there are kids kicked back on the concrete like they’d always been there. I leave at 4.30pm and the quadrangle remains littered with student flotsam.
Are our schools places that inspire our kids to be all that they can be?
it’s Saturday…the school holidays have begun…and our places of learning are silent.
But, without the camouflage of the everyday noises of a school day, their stories are exposed for all to see..
Posted in Books, creativity, Fiction, Inspiration, Writing, writing inspiration, writing life, tagged books and gardening, Nurturing writing, The writing life, writing and inspiration on September 16, 2014| 1 Comment »
It’s springtime in the tropics and the marigolds and nasturtiams are flowering, the cherry tomatoes are ripenings and the capscicums are starting to form. My garden is full of promise…
And my current WIP? It, too, shows promise…but only constant nurturing and attention – and the promise of summer – will show if I get to reap the rewards of all my hard work.
How is your garden growing? Is it full of promise for the months ahead or is it dying of neglect? Only with hard work will you reap the rewards…
growing up writing 