This Is Why Our #BlackCockatoos Are Starving!

Where Have All My Spiders Gone?

28 January 2012 by Lesley Dewar 2 Comments

After a short visit to the US, (to attend a financial planning conference) I flew to Canada to visit my two sons and the young ladies who became their wives. By then, all four of them had temporarily stopped roaming around the world and were living in Toronto. In the early hours of an 1994 Easter holiday morning, while a snowy blizzard howled outside, those words spilled easily from my heart and soul to write a poem and a story for my second son.

Pointed, painted Christmas stars,

flags of white marking off their boundaries.

Red-legged bellies span my early morning walk

with webs to catch my steaming breath. [Read more…] about Where Have All My Spiders Gone?

This Is Why Our #BlackCockatoos Are Starving!

23 January 2012 by Lesley Dewar 13 Comments

The Hon. Colin Barnett, MEc, MLA,
Premier, Minister for State Development,
Government of Western Australia.

Dear Premier Barnett

Undoubtedly, you are aware of the critical state of our iconic black cockatoos and the loss of 100,000 hectares of bushland due to fires in the South West this summer. Today, logging has started in Warrup Forest near Bridgetown. This is a critical refuge for black cockatoos, numbats and so many other creatures; one of the few remaining areas where black cockatoos can feed on a natural diet.