Helen Brown
Helen was born in Mount Isa, the eldest of five children to Salvation Army Officers. She discovered a love of reading as a young girl, and two stories that captured her imagination were Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Just like the heroines in these stories, she wanted to write. Helen started writing poetry in her late 30s but it was not until her late 50s that her dream of writing a book was finally realised. She has now published several books and completed a teaching degree.
Today, Helen lives on a farm with her family in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. She has established a small publishing business with her daughter, which can be found here. She also blogs at The Helen Brown Collection.
Articles by Helen Brown:
24 September 2019
2.1 MINS
Are you ever surprised at how prayers are answered? Many years ago, I inherited a lounge suite from my grandmother. However, it was built for a sedate couple, not an energetic family of five children. In a very short period of time, it disintegrated until [...]
20 September 2019
1.8 MINS
Have you ever been laughed at, ignored, or just considered silly for doing something? How did it make you feel? Did you feel so bad that you actually stopped doing what was close to your heart? Or were you so committed to the project that [...]
3 September 2019
2.8 MINS
If you were to go to a service set aside to pray for rain, would you take an umbrella with you? "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." ~ Genesis [...]
12 August 2019
1.9 MINS
My youngest child was visiting since my last reflection went up, and the abortion issue was being reported on by someone on the television. My child said, “I don’t know what the issue is, if a woman wants to abort her baby they should be [...]
3 August 2019
1.4 MINS
While babysitting my granddaughter recently, I watched her playing with an empty box. I smiled and thought, children don’t change. Give them something inexpensive and they play quite happily. It’s hard to imagine our life without this little body. She makes such a wonderful contribution [...]
23 July 2019
1.9 MINS
After another discussion about the pro and cons of replacing or repairing another old farm building that had been partly demolished by previous owners, I started to think about how many times we must clean up other’s mistakes and we often blame them for making [...]
2 July 2019
2.3 MINS
As we watched the election campaign from the comfort of our lounge room, we were horrified at the nasty behaviour by some of those involved. We shook our heads and wondered how our country, known all around the world for being fair and willing to [...]
