I have written about my grandmother, Dulcie Holland, a composer and music educator. I wrote about her role in composing music for documentaries promoting Australia’s post war immigration strategy for Australian Geographic. I also wrote Travels with my Grandmother for Limelight based on Dulcie Holland’s time in Europe in the late 1930’s. I also crafted the foreword to the 40th Anniversary edition of Dulcie Holland’s Master Your Theory.
I love turning my hand to humour writing, anything from quirky observational humour to somewhat snarky satire. Over the years my comedy pieces have been published in the Heckler column in the Sydney Morning Herald and more recently Slackjaw and Greener Pastures in the USA.
Published in Limelight Dulcie Holland’s diaries reveal her heartbreaking decision to leave London. When Dulcie Holland died in 2000, her granddaughter discovered a battered travel journal charting the years the composer spent studying in London. Re-reading her grandmother’s diary, Julie Ihle was struck by the similarities with COVID, and how …
Published in Australian Geographic Dulcie Holland is best known for her books on music theory. But in a career spanning nearly 70 years, she also composed music for documentaries promoting Australia’s post-war immigration strategy. Dulcie Holland’s early piano lessons as a six-year-old always started with an impromptu botany lesson. She …
Published in Slackjaw, USA “I heard she painted Water Lilies over 250 times and still couldn’t get it right.” “What’s with painting all those haystacks? Each time she paints another haystack it’s more indistinct than the last one. Anyway, who wants to buy a landscape painting.” “Those bold blocks of …
Artistic critiques of monet, if monet had been a woman Read More »
Published in Greener Pastures (USA) It’s the little touches that add a little magic to a little place. The Snorrejof Tiny Home was a great opportunity to enjoy the sustainable lifestyle, communing with nature and getting in touch with minimalist living. The décor was adorable — it’s just like a …
Published in Little Old Lady Comedy, USA A lovely place. ***** What a nice surprise to find this place in the middle of the desert. Tiffany, host had a lovely face and manner. We’ll be back for sure. Host Response: Thanks for staying! We loved having you here and can’t …
Published in Sydney Morning Herald Don’t look now but the faddists have claimed yoga. And Julie Ihle wants them to push off to their next phase – soon, please. There once was a time when, if people wanted to do a physical activity without having to do any actual exercise, …
Get those water-toting wannabes out of my giggle class Read More »
Published in Sydney Morning Herald The rise of bunker-like housing is destroying the city’s soul, despite the stainless steel kitchens, writes Julie Ihle. There is something sick in the state of Sydney architecture these days. There are beige boxes doubling as houses sprouting up on every spare bit of land. …
Beige boxes on toxic dumps all the rage with the spa set Read More »
Published in Sydney Morning Herald Bring on the hair-flicking, frowns and flirting, says Julie Ihle. It’s a sure-fire way of educating us all in current affairs. Every day, at 6.55am on SBS, a woman with straight, white-blonde hair, a movie-star pout and an open-necked shirt that looks as though it …
Ah, bellissimo – belligerent bella donnas bearing news Read More »
