Wren & Whippet

Wren & Whippet Willows Tale is a luxury 1 bedroom accommodation perfect for those travellers heading through Coolah.

In the evening, there will be only a single light left on. A room where they live when it is cold. Where the fire is fed...
14/06/2026

In the evening, there will be only a single light left on. A room where they live when it is cold. Where the fire is fed like an all consuming lover. The tips of flames ashing its melting weight. The sounds like murmurs of warmth. And all the while, their clothes shall contain the sillage of the glow turned into smell, and lingering for days.
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Image: One of my favourite houses in the Mountains. I have no does who lives here but I have stalked in often over the years.

I am often asked if I miss my life in Coolah. To be honest, I don’t often have time to consider it. The reality is, it i...
12/06/2026

I am often asked if I miss my life in Coolah. To be honest, I don’t often have time to consider it. The reality is, it is a life that is embedded in my consciousness. I was watching the movie Aftersun today and that home video style capture of memories and interactions with people and times that seem so penetrable at the time but became translucent later is exactly how I feel about Coolah. I shall write more about it here but for now, I am grateful for this app and for this account and for you. The ability to be a self made columnist with an audience is truly a gift. So thank you for those who have followed and read and pondered and written to me or commented. I am eternally grateful.
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Photo : capturing behind the scenes of a photoshoot by Hannah Puechmarin
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10/06/2026

Without seeking it, I was born into a male centric world. Being true meant stepping away from an existence where I was told - “you must first run it by us”. In that way - I was also born an agitator. Never happy to settle for what was. In the Spring of 2019 after I had decided to leave my marriage, and sell beautiful Arethusa, I had an idea to paint the sad forlorn looking white shed by the Gingko tree. My ex said it was a silly idea. And so, I decided that if I wanted to do this thing - I might as well start now. And of course, no woman is an island, entire of itself.

10/06/2026

Poetry for a Wednesday

In the mood for Art. Always.••
04/06/2026

In the mood for Art. Always.
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Last week I did something I have never done before. I visited a tarot reader. She looked the picture. Hair wild and ethe...
02/06/2026

Last week I did something I have never done before. I visited a tarot reader. She looked the picture. Hair wild and ethereal and the room full of curiosities and spell binding possibilities. One of the cards she pulled out had to do with my past and my relationship with my femininity. Or rather - everyone else’s. My mother used to tell me what a woman should or shouldn’t do. Meaning, I didn’t fit in with the ideal. I cut my hair off in 2000 when I was in London. Oh Jo!, your one true beauty! My mother gritted her teeth. I wasn’t one to wear dresses or even wear much makeup. In some ways I was anti conformist and in other ways was more interested in what was in my mind rather than what I wore. And then when I got married, my husband also had an idea of what he thought I should wear. And so I would wear army jackets and suits and cut my hair asymmetrically and did whatever I wanted. When I finally came out, my best friend explained - why are you dressed like a man! The truth is - I adore my feminine mystique and feel that with most things I wear - my feminine self is expanded upon and given no bounds - even with a tie. Fashion has no rules and if we just so dare - could unlock our reflection to the world around us with authenticity that speaks volumes even before we utter a single word of individuality.
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Old homes, with tin roofs and white weatherboard cladding - always feel like a warm hug. ••• slowlivingcountryhomein...
30/05/2026

Old homes, with tin roofs and white weatherboard cladding - always feel like a warm hug.
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26/05/2026

Saying goodbye to Poets Lodge. Till next time.

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Martin Street
Coolah, NSW
2843

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