A few years ago I wrote a recipe book. Our daughter decided to marry and would be living four hours away in country Victoria. Too far to drop over for a cuppa as I’d imagined when she was little. I wanted her to have some tangible memories from home. Food connects people and brings us … Continue reading Creating a Family Recipe Book: A Legacy of Love
It is Halloween today. In Wales, where I come from, it is known as 'Nos Galan Gaeaf.' Loosely translated it means Winter’s Eve. It is the night of ‘An Ysbrydnos,’ The spirit night. When the veil between our world and the next is thinnest. It wasn’t all dress ups and sweet treats in Wales. The … Continue reading Halloween
Sometimes Auntie Pat would paint our nails and do our hair, that was the best. I loved the ticklish feeling as she painted the stinky nail polish carefully on each of my well-bitten nails.
I sat down to type up my notes about creativity. Then I remembered the date and sat here thinking about my dad.
Rhiannon Dowding - Writer 