Author: Jane

Postcard from the Blue Mountains

Postcard from the Blue Mountains

Posted by | Nov 2, 2013 | , , , , |

This is a 2nd revisit to The Blue Mountains that suffered horrific fires during October 2013.  AUGUST 2012: This month we welcome back Adriana from the New South Wales Blue Mountains. Adriana has been a Photographer of the Month for us before. This time she has gotten all creative and is sharing a little of her region’s delights through Postcards from the Blue Mountains. Quite often when visitors think of the Blue Mountains they think of The Three Sisters at Echo Point, or the many beautiful walks, lookouts and waterfalls of the upper mountains or even the beautiful gardens in Leura. These are...

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Revisit The Blue Mountains

Revisit The Blue Mountains

Posted by | Nov 1, 2013 | , , , |

The October 2013  fires in the beautiful NSW Blue Mountains have caused great devastation in the area. In support of the communities striving to rebuild, and needing tourist and Sydney-siders to visit we thought we would re-share Adiana’s photography. Back in mid 2012 Adriana, a resident of the Mountains, was our Guest Photographer. She shared with us through the month of August the beauty of the area as seen through her lenses. Come with us as we Revisit The Blue Mountains… AUGUST 2012: This week’s post comes to you from the township of Blackheath, a few kilometres west of Katoomba and 1065m above...

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Food glorious food, for thought & for the body

Food glorious food, for thought & for the body

Posted by | Oct 17, 2013 | , , , |

It’s time to examine your food glorious food. I mean it is time to examine the year you have had. Yes, we are in the last quarter.  What have you eaten all year? What have you tried for the first time this year?  What has been on your plate? The one your eat from, and the one that fills your life? We are examining Food glorious food, for thought & for the body. By the way, I have several wonderful interviews about to be published, yes really this time. I’ve been having to live by The Carpenter’s Law so please forgive...

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The benefits of foyering and serendipping

The benefits of foyering and serendipping

Posted by | Sep 14, 2013 | , , , |

This weekend I have had the opportunity to interview some fantastic entreprenuiral woman. 450 people are attending the Problogger Training Event (find  and follow on Twitter as #pbevent) The greater number of these attendees are women. We are on day 2 now. What are the benefits of foyering and serendipping or what are they you may ask?  This weekend I have been ‘Foyering’. This is my new word for hanging out in a hotel foyer and meeting by Twitter invite, happy accident, perhaps even serendipping, many of these women.  Look what they were served on Day One. I am excited...

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Learning, healing and Rebirth

Learning, healing and Rebirth

Posted by | Sep 11, 2013 | , , , |

The last couple of years I have written a person tribute to 2 Janes, both victims of the 2001 World Trade Centre attack. I looked up the list of names and scrolled through looking for anyone named Jane. Originally that was all I felt I could have in common, being a woman and being named Jane. I wrote about Jane S Beatty and Jane Ellen Baeszler. Rebirth Project You can find this program on Australia’s  ABCiView I watched this documentary and was deeply moved by it. For weeks I have been thinking about what I would write for this year. I...

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