The swimming teacher's instructions were clear. Step out and off the block, surface, tread water for one minute, then swim to the side of the pool and climb out. I was last in line, and the preceding learn-to-swim student had just climbed out of the pool. It was my turn. My seven-year-old legs trembled as …
August 2023 was my last blog post. Quietly Roaring went to the wayside in 2023 for various reasons. For a start, I was consumed with writing my thesis. By mid 2024, I found myself "all wrote out", with absolutely no motivation to do any additional kind of writing, even the creative kind! Add new grand …
"Come up to the homestead anytime," the farmer wife told us when we checked in to camp for two nights at this 78,000 acre cattle station in outback Queensland. So we did. The old man we met (her father) was no longer able to do a lot on the farm due to failing eyesight, but …
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