Thirteen years ago I started a girls-only group on Phillip Island. Every Saturday at 11 a.m. we meet at Harry's On The Esplanade, Cowes, and enjoy excellent coffee, conversation and laughter. Today eight of us met, with Brenda driving from Melbourne to be with us (Brenda used to live on Phillip Island). It's an informal group with no minutes, excuses or obligations, just a sharing of life's experiences -- the highs and the lows -- with a generous serving of good humour. At the same time, but at a different venue in Cowes, Doug meets with his motorcycle friends and also enjoys friendship and fun.
In between squalls of horizontal rain this afternoon, our friend Robyn and her partner visited. Robyn is a fellow author and I was astonished to find that she used the same editor (Karen Ward from Tasmania) as is working on my book now. What a coincidence! Last night, I went to sleep listening to the sound of the wind howling, waves crashing and mutton birds chuckling as they circled the house. This is very much Phillip Island.
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