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Sheelagh Wegman

Press Service International

Sheelagh Wegman is a freelance writer and editor. She is in the community of St David’s Cathedral in Hobart and lives in the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

Sheelagh Wegman’s previous articles may be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/sheelagh-wegman.html

  • Getting in the way

    It was billed as an exciting concert, not to be missed. A brilliant young musician who had been a child prodigy and continued to ‘wow’ audiences with a brilliance of technique that was rarely seen or heard.

  • Counting fish?

    Fifty years ago an amazing thing happened and most of the world watched in awe as humans stepped out of a spacecraft and walked on the moon.

  • Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

  • It’s rude to stare, but…

    A visit to Melbourne always involves at least one train ride. I love train travel. The gentle rocking, the click of the rails, the whoosh as the train comes into the station. The beep of the doors as they open. It’s a relaxing way to travel and I like looking into the backyards and gardens along the line.

  • Getting it right

    Not all churches observe the seasons of the church year, particularly Lent, the season we are in as I write this. But as I get older I appreciate this time more and more.

  • The wrong wall

    I once met a very elegant and charming American speaker, in Australia for a series of PD seminars. At the lunch break I took her to the cafeteria for a sandwich and an Australian-style café latte. Then we sat chatting over lunch.

  • It makes you think

    As I write this there are enormous bushfires raging across my beautiful island state. January 2019 has been the hottest and driest January on record, with a string of consecutive days over 30° C and barely one drop of rain. January’s average rainfall is 48.5 mm. In 2019, it was just 0.4 mm. For the whole month.These bushfires were almost all due to the spectacu

  • A light in the dark

  • So – you wanna buy a phone

    The following exchange between Trendy-Enthusiastic-Lad and Sensible-Parent-Of-Kid took place at 14:31:08 hrs last Tuesday. Any resemblance to real life is entirely intentional.

  • Hold your tongue!