by Rosie Martin | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
Brilliant sky, searing sun and red horizon. Glittering water, floral profusion, waterbirds, and fish. These are both the authentic desert. I started school in the arid and isolated little town of Woomera in South Australia. While living there, my dad built a boat....
by Rosie Martin | Jul 8, 2021 | Past Events, Social Justice
We can spend our lives running toward change, running from it, or running around in some mix of the two. It can be tiring. Yet every year, spring flows in and shows us grace in change. She has some lessons for us. After winter darkness, spring brings joyful, vibrant...
by Rosie Martin | Jun 25, 2021 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
When I was six, Mum and Dad were building a house and for a year we all piled-in to live with Grandma and Grandpa in country South Australia. Grandma loved roses, although growing them was a bit of a feat in SA summers. Looking back, I suspect the roses might have...
by Rosie Martin | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog, Kindness
Waaaaay back in 2001 I read a book that influenced me enormously. If we’ve met over a cup of tea since then, you’ll probably know its title. You certainly will if you’ve come for dinner. My two sons say all the dinner parties of their teenage memories were punctuated...
by Rosie Martin | May 30, 2021 | Blog, Kindness, Speech Pathology
In the last couple of months I’ve had a few presentations to prepare and it has been blessedly wonderful to draw down on the incredible images that one can find on Unsplash! I’m a relative newcomer to Unsplash. I love it. My dear friend, photographer and...
