Just like a tree falling in the forest,
Treefall Writing creates a gap for invisible stories to flourish and be heard
Treefall Writing creates a gap for invisible stories to flourish and be heard
Melinda Tognini
August 14, 2018
I confess I’ve had my doubts about Facebook. It wasn’t just the privacy issues; when my husband first joined years ago, I just couldn’t see the point. Then a couple of things happened. The first was that I became involved in a group of HeartKid mamas, and social media seemed a great way to stay […]
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August 7, 2018
I have two questions for you: Where in the world are you searching for your ancestors? AND What social media platforms (if any) do you use? These might seem like two completely unrelated questions, but they’re not. In fact, answering the second question can help you with the first. My mum and I had been […]
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July 31, 2018
How long – if at all – have you been tracing your family history? Perhaps you’ve been researching your ancestors for decades, or maybe you only recently undertook the challenge and don’t know where to start. You may even have dismissed family history as something for other people, or another time, or you’ve decided it’s […]
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July 7, 2018
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, the bookish meme that invites you to take a given title (as suggested by Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest), and link it to six other books in any way that comes to mind. It could be by subject matter, place, time, author, word or any other random way your mind […]
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July 5, 2018
For the past three years, I’ve been taking art classes and learning the piano. The piano is an instrument I always wanted to play, but never did as a kid. And I hadn’t drawn or painted since year 9, when I concluded I couldn’t even draw decent stick figures. So, I’m a complete beginner in […]
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June 26, 2018
Are you a young writer? Perhaps you’ve been scribbling down – or typing up – stories or poems or plays or songs for some time now. If you’re wondering what to do with your growing body of work, then you’ve come to the right place. This blog post contains (at last count) 22 competitions for […]
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June 3, 2018
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation. In case you’re new to this, let me briefly summarise the guidelines: Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest names the title of the first book. Participants (yes, that can include you!) link it to whatever book comes into your head next, regardless of how random that connection may seem. Repeat until […]
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May 29, 2018
On Being … a Beginner
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When was the last time you were a beginner? A time when you felt you didn’t know a thing, perhaps even wondered whether you should even bother trying? And do you remember how you felt? The Little Arthouse When I walked into Vanessa Lombardo’s Little Arthouse studio, I had no intention of picking up a […]
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