I cannot express the dread I am feeling at having to find the strength to pack up and move the house. I wanted to tell the story of the last move. The one that brought me to this house but it seems too much work. Let me cover a few points instead. Things I have […]

The letter from Ray White Estate Agency of Budgewoi came at about midday today. They have decided I should vacate the property. The letter is a “Vacate possession. No Grounds” You have to wonder at that. Just how badly does the owner want an excellent tenant who has looked after the property and paid rent […]

Over the past few weeks another blog has been taking shape (see it here) . I have wanted to distance the information about the town from the stuff about the studio and my life. I was reluctant to take on another one as I have been avoiding even doing the maintenance on many of the […]

There are several things afoot this month. The Art Supplies shop at Toukley is making some new display frames for my drawings. I am keeping to the style of the ones I already have. Silver aluminum about 40 x 50 cm. They will be used to get the drawings of the shells into a gallery […]

Sometimes in the midst of a bleak moment I need to remind myself that I have value. The ways of doing that are strange and varied but lately it seems to help to go over moments in the past and analyze them. They do not need to be big things but just things that have […]

It has been raining hard for several days. Most of the dry patches in the weather are short and windy. One of the guys I chat with lives as close to the water as I do. His house is not built up as high above the ground as mine is and is a little closer […]