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...
by Rosie Martin | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
How’s that Grace Tame, eh! What a stunner. Amazing Tasmanian Grace – you little beauty! Did you see Our Australian of the Year pack her punches up on that podium? You go, our woman of strength and power! You change this world! You take paternalistic domination and...
by Rosie Martin | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Kindness, Speech Pathology
During April and May of 2020, I have been gathering my thoughts about the coronavirus pandemic. I have gathered them to make sense of them. For myself. But also, as a speech pathologist, for young people with whom I and my colleagues work. For them, too. I have...
by Rosie Martin | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
I love reading. My pile of reading climbs up and up, not so as to overwhelm me with doubt and despair about my inaction, but to remind me that there is so much to read and I must act whenever and wherever possible. So one of the places I was reading this week...