Welcome to the Treehouse
My favourite spot for dreaming when I should be editing.
An anthropologist, traveller, writer, photographer, most things interest me and I hope you will find something here to interest you, too.
You will find my weekly Friday posts in the Blog but please feel free to wander about, and do visit the treehouse. I hope you enjoy your visit and I welcome your comments.
All images and text used on this blog are my own and are copyright. If you want to use something, please ask. Images inspire my writing; this blog is a way of sharing that inspiration with stories, travel pictures, writing tips, reviews, interviews, and up-dates on my latest work.
My current non-fiction project: My next travelogue is about Papua New Guinea. I Worked there for five years, in West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, which shares a border with Indonesia. I am currently going through all my journals and photographs of that period, and selecting stories that will let you share the experience of those extraordinary and exciting years of laughter, fear, friendship and treachery, surviving in the cross-hairs of a cross-cultural environment.
Update: Journey in Bhutan: Himalayan Trek in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon is out now! From Amazon UK http://amzn.to/IacIDz and Amazon USA http://amzn.to/J6lJ3D and from most e-book retail stores. It is in the illustrated BiteSize Travel series but quite a big bite at 43,000 words. I enjoyed writing this book so much, I was almost sad to finish it, but now you can share the journey with me. More details and options on my publisher’s page here> http://collca.com/jib
My favourite reviewer quote: “This book should be the gold standard for travel stories.”
Journey in Bhutan: Himalayan trek in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon: Bhutan, or Druk-Yul (Land of the Thunder Dragon), deep in the Himalayas, is the world’s only Buddhist Kingdom. In a combination of narrative and journal, I take you trekking to the sacred mountain, Jhomolhari, and beyond towards the Tibetan border. We visit ancient monasteries and dzongs to learn the culture and history of this unique country, have an eye-ball encounter with a yak, some scary moments in a mini-bus on precipitous roads, and there are 37 original colour plates for you to see it all for yourself. For those who like to dig deep, the appendices include a glossary of Bhutanese words, historical time-line, and survival guide to Bhutanese Buddhism.
Masks of the Moryons: Easter Week in Mogpog was the first in Collca’s new series of illustrated BiteSize Travel books, and is available from most e-book retailers. The first published account of the spectacular Holy Week re-enactment of the Legend of Longinus in the traditional town of Mogpog, on Marinduque Island in the Philippines. Published by Collca on November 30 2011, more information is available at http://collca.com/motm
With 26 original colour photographs, Masks of the Moryons, reveals who the Moryons are, their preparations and rituals day by day, their history, and how these cultural traditions have survived for over 150 years. I take you behind the scenes to experience Moryonan as a participant, to wear the mask, to find out how they are made and what it all means to the community. A glossary, annotated bibliography, and a section on how tourism affects cultural traditions, make this a useful reference for students of tourism and anthropology as well as a pleasurable read.
Other places you will find me: I’ve written a number of Guest Posts recently, and they are all on interesting web sites well worth a visit, so the links are listed below:
Terre Britton on her blog Creative Flux – an essay on writing travelogue and creative non-fiction: How I Survived Inside a Crocodile http://ow.ly/atFY5
Morgen Bailey an “author spotlight” on Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog – http://wp.me/p18Ztn-2AF
Jane Isaac on her blog Caffeine’s Not a crime – “author interview”, Author Interview: Meet Trish Nicholson
Gabrielle Kimm on her website – “author interview” http://gabriellekimm.co.uk/2012/05/13/interview-with-trish-nicholson/
Lorraine Mace on her blog http://bit.ly/K6ksoS – an article: Writing Personal Experience
GotSaga Travel On-line travel community – an article: 10 Wonderful Things to do and see in Bhutan http://ow.ly/at021
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