April 23rd – May 4th has something cool happening in Northcote’s art district in inner Melbourne. Kick Gallery, renowned for it’s contemporary art, have a solo exhibition called Advanced Vandalism featuring the works of award winning mural artist, Duel. Duel featured in the cult Australian graffiti documentary, Sprayed Conflict and his work today is of a particularly high standard. Stylish, transcendent, vibrant and expressive, this show Read the rest of this entry »

Each month I send out a challenge for those on my mailing list to send me a 1-2 word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and I must write all the poems in the challenge within 48 hours. People CAN’T send names (yes, everyone wants one named after their child 😉 but they can send other 1-2 word titles. Each sender only gets me writing one poem per poetry challenge and the more surreal the challenge, the better. Read the rest of this entry »

Kimberly Tucker first entered my life quietly through a door in a cute living doll’s house in Connecticut. I was a newly published author on a publishing tour in the US and in Connecticut for my first ever public lecture at Trinity College. Kimberly was an undiagnosed woman with Selective Mutism and severe social anxiety. Read the rest of this entry »

Ron Hedgecock, one of Australia’s oldest diagnosed Aspies, is 72. He’s an Aussie actor, a lecturer in Phrenology and Art History and a public speaker about living with Asperger’s Syndrome. Here’s our interview: Read the rest of this entry »

OK, thanks to all those who sent in 1-2 word poem titles in the March 2008 poetry challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Edinburgh has it’s Fringe Festival and so does our own Aussie City of Festivals – Adelaide, South Australia. This Fringe Festival promises something really unique and to find out about it I interviewed Aspie colleague, Katharine Annear , an ASD Advisor with Spectrum Advisory Services
who works for Autism SA. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks so much to those who sent in poem titles for the recent 24 hour poetry challenge. Here’s the poems. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sure most of you have had one. Read the rest of this entry »

I sent out a challenge for those on my mailing list to send me a single word topic they’d like me to write a poem to and decided to write all the poems in the challenge within 24 hours… here’s the result. Read the rest of this entry »

My father used gestures and characterisations as far as I could remember. He had a repertoire of stories and he’d insist on telling them no matter how many times anyone had heard them.

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