A display of colourful knitted and crocheted flowers is displayed hanging in a window. The flowers are gathered together in discs the same size as a bicycle wheel. Bicycle wheels are also hung amongst the discs.

Colourful blooms brighten a Melbourne winter

The “Winter Garden Project” is the latest brainchild of textile artist Lynn Berry OAM (of “5000 Poppies” fame).
Lynn has curated thousands of hand-crafted yarn blooms submitted by crafters all around Australia (and beyond) into sixty-three colourful motifs mounted onto recycled bicycle wheels. They were on display in the Fracture Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne from late July to late August 2019 – the gloomiest months of winter – and provided the city with a much-needed injection of colour and happiness.

Therapeutic Harp Music at the Convention

Starting off as a wedding harpist at the age of 14, which is now over 45 years ago, I have experienced the anxieties of many a young bride, and their mothers, planning the music for the big day.
This in return has grown my repertoire of music to a room full of books and yet, every bride has a different “special song”. This led to opportunities to play at many varied occasions in the circle of life…

Children singing at Debora Orphanage, North Sumatra, Indonesia

A passion and heart for Debora

This year Rosemary Winderlich again visited Debora in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Jo Veerhuis and Chris Stott joined Rosemary on the visit to the home supported by the Lutheran women across Australia.

In spending even a few minutes with Rosemary, it becomes clear she has a passion and a heart for Debora but now readily suggests: “I’m not as indestructible as I was”.

The following extracts from her journal include Rosemary’s reflections and offer great insights into Debora and the Indonesian culture. Her travels begin with the bus trip to Debora.

Celebrating a Singer/Songwriter

It’s hard to believe it is Robin Mann’s “50 years of songs”! My husband and I were part of a “Sing Out” group back when his songs first started to filter into our church services. There were around 20 of us ranging in age from mid-teens to mid-twenties, who enthusiastically learned these “new” songs and took them to congregations across Adelaide. We even spent a weekend travelling to other parts of South Australia: the Barossa, …

The book 'All the Light We Cannot See" is pictured on timber table top.

All the Light We Cannot See – Book Review

Perhaps the biggest challenge for any author is to bring their story to full life, making the characters real and the scenes tangible. Most books do a decent job of this, expressing their story in a way that allows readers to sufficiently understand the story. Anthony Doerr, however, brings this to a new level as All the Light We Cannot See develops a surreal sense of empathy within you as the reader. All the Light …