by Anne Skyvington | Apr 22, 2017 | Writing Topics
Did you know that one in five Australians will personally experience clinical depression or a bipolar disorder over their lifetime, there are the families, partners, friends and work colleagues who are also drawn into the crisis. Often, it is these people on the...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 15, 2017 | Ecology, Writing Topics
We live near the beach at Coogee, so we are fortunate enough to get a fairly constant sea breeze. But other areas in Western Sydney and in the Western plains were not so lucky. Residents of Richmond on the north-west fringe of Sydney saw the mercury climb to 47...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 8, 2017 | Psychology, Writing Topics
The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) created many of the enduring terms for the mind and for the unconscious that have enriched literature and humanity during the twentieth century. Certainly he was firstly a follower of Freud and the psychoanalytic...
by Anne Skyvington | Dec 7, 2016 | Writing Memoir, Writing Topics
Zac followed my partner along the footpath near our home, one afternoon when Mark was walking towards the gym. An Aussie Terrier, starving and weary. These gym sessions were daily events and sacrosanct at the time. This day, instead of continuing on his route, Mark...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 7, 2016 | Craft of Writing, Writing Topics
We’re coming into summer here Down Under, while you in the northern hemisphere head towards winter. I have decided, paradoxically, to go into blogging hibernation now, while the outdoors activities in this part of the world, beckon me to join in. At the same...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 7, 2016 | Writing Topics
New Horizons Those past two weeks had seen me have 2 new artificial lenses put in my eyes: that is, cataract surgery on both eyes; seek digital assistance with making my website better; and assist Labor in Australia’s recent elections, even though I felt they...
