Travel, Writing, Circus
This week my Mental Health Month focus is on The Compassionate Friends Australia The mission of The Compassionate Friends in Australia is to offer and provide friendship and support to bereaved parents and their families following the death of child at any age and from any cause.
PANDAÂ provides a vital service across Australia by offering the only specialist national perinatal mental health telephone counselling service, as well as reducing stigma around perinatal anxiety and depression, and providing education services to health professionals and the wider community.
I am back in Ireland, and in this post, I would like to take you on a day out in Dublin, to a tram cafe, a leprechaun museum and a police station.
In April 2024, I competed in Bend the Air, an annual competition in Australia for emerging aerial, acrobatic, and circus arts performers. I performed my Skyfall/ James Bond 007 aerial and hula hoop routine in the Circus category.
A look back at my first twelve months as an indie author
In this post, I share an excerpt from my memoir-in-progress, Aistear: A Woman's Journey. This excerpt is about arriving in Dublin at the beginning of my second visit to Ireland, the start of a three-week book research trip.
In 2024, I created a 007-themed aerial and hula hoop routine for an aerial arts competition I was entering. I performed the routine a few weeks before at the end-of-term student performance night at HAPY Studio, as a practice run before the big night. In this routine, I took my hula hoop into the air, which elevated my finale to a whole new level!
I created my 'Ode to alt-J' routine ahead of the band's performance at the Riverstage in Brisbane in November 2022. I was supposed to go with my best friend Meg, but the show was postponed to April 2023. I performed the routine anyway, at HAPY's end-of-term student showcase night, as a tribute to my favourite band.
Back in February, I received a full scholarship to attend the Serenade Writing Retreat in Queenstown, New Zealand. I was so excited that I danced around the house for the rest of the day! This is the biggest writing opportunity I have ever received. It was also my first visit to the South Island. I feel like… Continue reading Serenaded in Queenstown
I learned of the Dublin Writer's Museum during my first visit to Ireland in 2012. I could hardly believe it, a whole museum dedicated to writers!
