Henry’s Mother – Louisa Lawson

Would Henry Lawson have been the ‘People’s Poet’ without the genetic and physical input by his talented and dedicated mother ? Wife, mother, newspaper owner, author – Louisa was also known as the ‘Mother of Suffragettes’ in Australia. Louisa Albury Lawson  -  a Woman of Words of the 1800′s. Louisa Lawson

Henry Lawson – Bush Bard Extraordinaire

The ‘People’s Poet’ was how he was referred to by a Prime Minister of Australia. Others would refer to him as a ‘lovable larrikin’, a ‘Bush Balladeer’, a hopeless hobo. But all would agree – Henry Lawson was always true to his dream…..always able to lift the rest of us up with him, with his [...]

A Little Poetic Licence and Larceny

In dreams, I sometimes imagine that I too am a poet of renown, stirring souls and tugging at heart strings  with the sheer beauty and magnificence of my words. They rise and soar, the rhymes sway into rhapsodic rhythms to capture and inspire the imagination to rise to even greater heights. Late at night, ALL [...]

The Art of Cats

I had to mention this lovely lens I found from Flynn the Cat. My Cats – Paintings, Photography and Drawings by Flynn the Cat Vladi, an actual cat, doesn’t create his own artwork but chooses designs for others as in Siamese Cat Art