time

on having time to think, create and write, and on my sneaky three week road tip coming up

Dear Musers

I am writing to you a few days before you receive it as the next few days will be too busy with flying home, flying to Darwin and setting off on a road trip.

Right now, I’m sitting the Clarke cottage at the KSP Writers Centre in the Perth Hills. It’s the second last day of my two week fellowship and it has flown so fast. I wish I could pause time and stay here for another two weeks. Years ago, I believe the fellowships here were for a month. That would have been such a treat.

These two weeks have been an enormous gift. I have sat at my desk working most days from dawn to dusk. Outside my window, the wild bees buzz in and out of the hollow at the base of a tree. Occasionally, a honeyeater or silvereye feels brave and goes in for some of the gold but the bees won’t have any of it and scare the birds away. The 28-parrots fly in loudly, followed by the ravens.

Sunsets have been one of the incredible delights here. I have probably taken more photos than I should. It’s a mixture …