I knew that wind this morning was strong enough to blow a dog off its chain. We left the safety of Pelican Bay and headed north under storm sails – two handkerchiefs wouldn’t have looked out of place up our mast! Roo Bin Esque lifted her skirts and scooted along in the gusty winds and Continue reading
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Crossing the bar
Crossing the bar means many things to many people. Alfred Lord Tennyson’s beautiful poem always makes me cry with its promise and its farewell. A bar crossing can be the start of an adventure or the finish, where safe harbour and family and friends beckon. It can be a treacherous bar, with currents and eddies Continue reading
Where’s Zeus?
Well that’s a relief! Day One is under our belts (or is that under our keel?). After a mad dash to the airport to drop off the hire car, followed by a journey back to Manly on Brisbane’s trains (entertained by Margareta Osborn’s fabulous ‘Hope’s Road’ on my iPhone), good friends came to throw our Continue reading
Great genes
Yesterday we celebrated Mum’s 91st birthday. (Thanks for the great genes, Mum, there was a reason we nicknamed you and Dad ‘The Fossils’! )
And the sun sets on a new day
Phew, it’s been a hectic day, but I’m aboard Roo Bin Esque and settling into the rhythm of a marina with GW and Zeus. As it’s a long weekend the activity has been frenetic all day. Many of our neighbours have already cast off. April also marks the beginning of the cruising season in Queensland Continue reading
Farewells and new beginnings
It’s my last night in our house. It feels empty and a little sad without GW and Zeus. I knew I’d have mixed emotions when the time came to pack everything up, downsize and move onto a boat. Good to see I haven’t disappointed myself…. It’s not that I don’t want to turn into a Continue reading
Colours of the morning
We’ve been on a mission to get as much stuff as we could onto Roo Bin Esque for our planned cruise back to Cairns in April so we organised a one way relocation rental for $1 day to drive a camper van south to Brisbane. (I think the pictures in the brochure must have been taken Continue reading
Dramas on the High Seas!
Okay, okay, Moreton Bay may not exactly be classed as the High Seas, but there were plenty of dramas today and since I’m a writer I’m expected to embroider the facts, right? So it started off well with Zeus the Old Salty Sea Dog going for a ride in the rubber ducky. Anchoring was uneventful Continue reading
How to make a diamond sparkle!
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming another debut Penguin author, Kathryn Ledson. If you’re a devotee of Janet Evanovich and Stephanie Plum then you need to read ROUGH DIAMOND because Erica Jewell will kick Stephanie’s pert backside into touch! (And this from a devoted Stephanie fan!!!) Snappy dialogue, a rich cast of characters and Continue reading
Advance Review Copies
Part of the publishing process is giving early access to books so reviewers and booksellers can have a sneak peak. These books are usually produced while edits are still ongoing so there will be typos, punctuation issues, possibly some format errors and very occasionally some plot holes. They are either called uncorrected proofs or advance Continue reading