by Anne Skyvington | Oct 29, 2023 | Writing Australia, Writing Memoir
I’m remembering the Jacaranda Festivals of my childhood at Grafton in northern New South Wales, with a certain nostalgia. Did such a time of innocence really exist? Is this celebration different today? Below is a photo from my sister’s album of her, Sweet...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 25, 2023 | Writing Australia
Saturday 14 October, 2023 The date will be forever etched in my mind, like that of my father’s death, two days before this date back in 1978. He was the first of loved ones to pass from this mortal coil. Now and for more than half my life, I’ve been an...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 24, 2023 | Writing Spirit, Writing Topics
The Parable of the Twins I came across this parable at the time my daughter was about to give birth to her first son and was enchanted by it. I had studied “The Republic” by Plato at Armidale Teachers’ College, and had learnt about a similar...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 17, 2023 | Writing Spirit
In 2008 I attended a Convention in Singapore for followers of the New Kadampa Tradition of Buddhism, introduced to the West by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1977. He now resides at the mother centre in the UK. These festivals are annual events, and I was a novice, trying to...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 17, 2023 | Short Stories
My Story I’ve always been afraid of things. Psychologists in this country use cognitive behaviour techniques (CBT) on people like me. This involves teaching you how to change thoughts, to over-ride fearful feelings and alter behaviour. It’s a...
