I recently had the enormous honour of writing, designing and producing in book form the biography of Kelly Magin on behalf of his wife, Linda. I was acquainted with Kel as a consequence of his purchasing a number of my Christmas books and product that was formerly sold on my website, as well as witnessing firsthand his enormous generosity and integrity as he asked my assistance to help gift three very substantial amounts of money … Read more

When the first issue of Australian Country Collections hit the national newsstands, it was only ever meant to be a ‘one off’ publishing venture so that, according to my boss, “I could get it out of my system!” Having come from a full time writing position in my previous job in Queensland to a Managing Editor role in Sydney (overseeing production staff, journalists and graphic artists, arranging printing and colour separation schedules, appointing teams to … Read more

A very dear friend recently introduced me to the music of Forrest Frank and his story of amazing, miraculous healing. After sustaining a major back injury where he fractured two vertebrae in his spine after falling off a skateboard while playing with his son, he recovered in just two weeks. It was indeed miraculous considering that the normal time of repair, with total rest and restricted in a back brace, is up to three months! … Read more

Along the journey of life I have learnt many things. Some of them I have embraced and rejoiced in. Some have been practical and life enriching. Some I have shunned and determined myself not to embrace, return to or be subjected to ever again! The lessons have been hard, wonderful, bittersweet and in many instances life sustaining, life changing and even life resolving. A basic tenet of life has always been to treat another as … Read more

Ruminating upon the theme for my next blog after being silent here for so long, I wondered what I would say. I only want to ‘speak’ here when there is something worth saying. And so I have been sitting and waiting. On the end of a truly dynamic Christmas season 2024 and all the upheavals and revelations experienced throughout the year I now hear the small still voice telling me “It’s time to speak up”. … Read more

The winds of change are blowing. In fact, since the beginning of the year there have been times when they have been veritably howling, bringing with them unexpected and unprecedented modifications to life and circumstances that could never have been foreseen, expected, anticipated or indeed welcomed. But still in the midst of the flux, to some degree, I can see there has been good that has come from it all … though it has been … Read more

Our Christian forefathers had a battle on their hands. How to bring the Word of God and the message of Christ’s birth to a world that was essentially pagan in so many regards … pagans celebrating such things as Roman, Celtic, Norse, Druid and other traditions which they had done for centuries. There was the annual Roman observation of Saturnalia from the 17th to the 24th of December which honoured the agricultural god Saturn with … Read more

A lot has happened since my last ‘venturing to the desk to write’! And as I often say to friends, I don’t even have to leave the house for it all to happen. There has been much happening in the world of family, close friends, associates and others. It’s something that I am aware is occurring in the lives of most too. It’s a time of testing, of resolving, a time of making important decisions, … Read more

It has been such a long time since I have posted on here. I’ve had little to say as the things of life – the minutia and the bigger details – have been dealt with. Covid, post Covid infection and malaise, and life in general had effectively silenced me. Now, on the other side of it all, my voice has returned. I have always intended this forum to be edifying, positive, nurturing, life-giving. But at … Read more

I only ever come here to write when there is something to say. Since my last posting there has been so much to say that it would take volumes. And yet, I have found the need to remain silent. To process? To understand? To make sense and reconcile perhaps. To explain maybe, to process again and to keep moving? But now I find I sit in the one spot. Certainly not stagnant. Certainly in a … Read more