Author Archives: susan

Recently, the wonderful coach and mentor, editor, podcaster, writer, retreatist (?) extraordinaire and lovely human Meg Dunley recorded our conversation about writing, and here it is. Meg is so easy to talk to, and I had a lot of fun. … Continue reading →

The courtyard led through an archway onto Lenin Avenue, one of the city’s busiest streets. Ancient tin buses wheezed past carrying workers to outlying factories. Trams and trolley buses trundled up and down. Heavy black Russian tourers threaded their way … Continue reading →

Dad died in February 1999. A few years after his death, a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the National Gallery of Victoria. Almost all of his paintings were displayed in the exhibition. He was ‘speaking’ to us … Continue reading →

If I had to do a three-word review of Guts, I’d write ‘engaging, illuminating, unsatisfying’. Engaging, because reading it is like listening to Melissa Leong talk. After no interest whatever in Masterchef, last year we watched the whole thing and … Continue reading →

Along with many others in analysis, I learned to honor the world of dreams, of active imagination, and begin to ask questions such as “But what is that choice in service to inside?” A simple enough question, but it begins … Continue reading →

After reading so many Margery Allingham crime novels, I thought I’d find out about the writer herself. But The Adventures of Margery Allingham is a bit of a misnomer, really. Though in the Albert Campion novels, events move at breakneck … Continue reading →

She pulls me towards her and says, “Irv, don’t forget I’ve been living in pain and misery for ten months now. I’ve said to you again and again that I cannot bear the thought of living like this any longer: … Continue reading →

…you most likely want surcease of suffering, rapid improvement, and abiding change for the better. If someone tells you the truth – that you will likely be dealing with these issues most of your life, that you will come back … Continue reading →

Voters saw Dutton as abrasive, harsh, uncaring, unsympathetic, and lacking empathy. And the more they saw of him – literally – during the campaign, the less they liked him. Although it is not his fault, Dutton’s appearance is confronting. He … Continue reading →

I am hopelessly addicted to the Albert Campion novels of Margery Allingham; they’re like literary crack. Actually, how would I know about crack? More like a Belinda Jeffrey’s Oat and Ginger Slice. Amazingly good to eat while reading, by the … Continue reading →