About Marietta McGregor
Marietta is a botanist and journalist who has pursued various careers from palynology researcher, garden designer, parliamentary guide and visitor manager at an astronomical observatory to science and technology marketer. Having spent much of her life explaining things, she now tries to let them explain themselves while capturing some of the unique spirit of the Australian land.
By Marietta McGregor:
- ripe mango that delicious shiver after rain . . .
- spring breeze the happy wave of long johns . . .
- iced melon a granddaughter’s grin overflows . . .
- a lone teal circles the mallards first school day . . .
- Tokyo metro the ebb and flow of frowns &nbs . . .
- backlit by the morning star blackbird song . . .
- "Hanoi Warms Up," a short haibun by Marietta McGre . . .
- fish ladder that jump the heart makes . . .
- old vagrant his ring of sparrows . . .