Over ninety years ago my great grandfather purchased a plot of land on the Sunshine Coast where he would bring his family every summer, by boat. They built a cookhouse and put up tents and for the entire summer the kids would fish, build forts and play wild and free. Over fifty years ago, as [...]
‘What Is the What’ A couple of times a year I completely fall for a book. It has happened again. What is the What has embedded itself in my head and though I finished it at least a month ago it keeps on at me, scratching at my thoughts. It isn’t a new book (2006), [...]
My 9 year old son, sick on the couch, wrote a guide to annoying grown-ups… How to Annoy Grown-ups Okay, so your wondering how to annoy grownups, right? Well, strangely enough there is one rule. And that rule is: repeat, repeat, repeat. But there are some things that work better than others. You are probably [...]
SUMMER WRITING WITH KIDS, as published in Island Parent This summer many kids will go to the beach, create art, even read a stack of books. But how many kids will decide to sit down and write stories. My bet is not too many. Why not? Most kids inherently enjoy the process of creating, however, [...]
