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Rosemary
McCormick

Formerly from Deniliquin, Rosemary and her partner Daniel are in Kathmandu with their travelling ministry.

A Bush Christmas

A bush Christmas… tiny white clematis stars light up a dim and damp tree fern gully, and a Christmas bush, resplendent in all its frothy white glory seems to take pride of place on a grassy slope. Eucalyptus scent is strong in the morning and...

Rosemary McCormick

22 Dec 2022

Opinion

More grace…

Well, a very different view today from where I’m usually writing. This week, we are sitting high up in a towering ‘high rise’ inner city apartment in one of Australia’s major cities. A glass walled ‘goldfish bowl’ of an apartment. On...

Rosemary McCormick

15 Dec 2022

Opinion

Going home…

Guest house traffic is slowing down, it seems Kathmandu’s cold, grey and dusty winter is not too inviting for visitors. Even the most popular trekking routes are becoming quiet, and local, mountain villagers are heading down to lower altitude...

Rosemary McCormick

08 Dec 2022

Opinion

‘Splash…’

Late autumn here in Nepal and russet and golden coloured leaves cling on despite chilly, change of season winds. Mornings, before the sun breaks over the horizon, the jagged outline of the Himalaya stretches across the northern skyline. Shadowy...

Rosemary McCormick

01 Dec 2022

Opinion

‘The bomb…‘

National election time here in Nepal. This means an abundance of police and army presence here in Kathmandu and posted throughout the villages. Extra security is in place for the casting and counting of votes. Volleys of shots have been fired...

Rosemary McCormick

24 Nov 2022

Opinion

Beyond the Dump

As you may remember, on the previous weekend, we ventured down the unlovely, dead-end road to the rubbish dump. Grey and sad, and hard… Now, this past weekend, we once again took the turn that eventually does lead to the dump—but we went way up...

Rosemary McCormick

17 Nov 2022