Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains.

One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands or threats.

Women, I believe, learn to think on their feet, to cope with change and survive.

Nature's Moods The water is always changing and whenever you look at it you get something back. I'm sure the water isn't aware of me but I'm very much aware of it. Living by the water means constant company.

The Garden Was My Delight. I grew up with gardeners and I just love gardens. I was always very much aware that gardens were important and they were for sharing.

Beautifully Bleak. I likened the hills encircling Canberra to the sea. They, like the sea, could be a sunny beguiling blue, or deep and inky. They could be distant and mysterious, or beautifully bleak as the wind tore across the plains from their snowy peaks. The hills were ever changing like the sea.

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains.