by Belinda | Mar 4, 2024 | DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living, Woman Woodworkers
Today the Woodwork and Craft Club, Currumbin Waters, possibly SE Queensland and perhaps Australia, made woodworking history. For the next 6 fortnightly Saturdays (March 2, 16, April 6, 20, May 4, 18) the club opened it’s doors to women and men on Saturdays. Their... 
by Belinda | Dec 16, 2023 | Climate, DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living
Two weeks before 24 November 2023, the trade tables were all taken at the now annual TAFE Toolbox Breakfast event Women on Tools, organised by The National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC). On the day, the courtyard of TAFE Ashmore was buzziing with... 
by Belinda | Dec 4, 2023 | Climate, Grief, Rage, Reflection, Tiny Home Living, WomanKind
Rooted and Rising I am kneeling on a sunlit wooden floor in the middle of the circle. My eyes scan the five natural objects in front of me: a pile of dry leaves, a stick, a rock, a palm frond and a wooden bowl. Where to begin? It’s the first day of a workshop called... 
by Belinda | Nov 29, 2023 | DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living
“In the pink” is an informal expression meaning the peak of health or an optimal state. Friday 3rd November, the day before Saturn turns direct in Pisces signifying relinquishing the old, endings and moving forward, welcoming the new. We have two lives,... 
by Belinda | Nov 15, 2023 | DIY Tiny, Reflection, Tiny Home Living
Where can women go to learn basic woodworking skills where wellbeing and the feminine qualities of simply existing, perceiving, and receptivity are welcomed and celebrated in the world of building, alongside masculine expression of dynamic, directed doing? Building... 
by Belinda | Nov 15, 2023 | DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living
These are strong hands, veined, tanned, and made for creative labour. I know enough after my first day, that from these hands, from these women, ordinary as they may seem to anyone else, flow stories worth telling, are bringing something big and beautiful into being....