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Into a Post-COVID world
Some words after my last blog in January 2020 as we move into a post Covid world-yes there will be life after the pandemic, albeit in...
Tom Stodulka
Jun 7, 20203 min read
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Back to work, back to school-well almost and maintaining hope and kindness
Staying positive, having hope and learning kindness really can help the medicine go down-it’s even better that just a spoon full of sugar.
Tom Stodulka
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Is it already the end of June and the F/Y- A time to reflect?
“Optimistic” you may well say and I would agree, but without some hope and a positive mind set, the challenges can be even greater.
Tom Stodulka
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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Show some patience and try to be kind
Show some patience, Be kind. Life is a challenge Always mind. We all have so much to give Avoid getting into a bind. To share To love To...
Tom Stodulka
Apr 12, 20192 min read
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Loss, Grief and Hope-Ode to friends and Loved Ones
For my next blog, my first for 2019 I thought I would pick one of my new poems for the next book, hopefully to be completed by the end of...
Tom Stodulka
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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A Farmer’s Lot in a Dry Land
I wrote this poem on 1 August 2018, at the height of the drought after visiting Toowoomba and being deeply affected by the impact of the...
Tom Stodulka
Sep 25, 20182 min read
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The Piano
Us who love the magic from a piano. What does it say to you….from the creative realm…… as you play? As you listen to it? Some very...
Tom Stodulka
Sep 2, 20185 min read
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A Long and Winding Road by Tom Stodulka
A long and winding road Journeys this way and that. The highways, my beloved Glass House back ways. The wide open spaces between Esk and...
Tom Stodulka
Aug 7, 20182 min read
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The Sky and Heaven Above by Tom Stodulka
Too early for the evening star, Looking up into the blue heaven above and afar. ‘Tis only late afternoon, well before seeing the moon....
Tom Stodulka
Jul 9, 20182 min read
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The Farmer’s Lament and Hopes by Tom Stodulka
The rains have come after the months of drought. Much of the land was turned without. The crops planted with hard labour and effort, With...
Tom Stodulka
Jun 25, 20182 min read
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Echoes of Central Station
It’s only early. The city awakes. The cars rushing this way and that. The early morning commuters already scurrying from the station....
Tom Stodulka
Jun 11, 20182 min read
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A Mediator’s Daily Fare
Arguments, anger, frustration. Conflict, mediation, meditation. Today it’s all about our cortex, our right brain, your left brain. Our...
Tom Stodulka
May 28, 20182 min read
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Inspirations
To smile, to laugh, to be kind and gracious. To resiliently cope despite the stress, To the outsider, life is sometimes seen as a mess. I...
Tom Stodulka
May 21, 20181 min read
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On ageing and death
Always looking out into the distance, there is much beyond the window. Today it’s dappled light, a reminder of Hopkins, from the days of...
Tom Stodulka
May 14, 20182 min read
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Laugh and the World laughs with you
Keep that grin on your chin and you’ll be right mate. Said to me the other day by an old timer who, passing by, has seen a thing or two...
Tom Stodulka
May 7, 20182 min read
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