Freshly Pressed
Every writer sends a piece into the world with little certainty of where it might travel. Sometimes it finds a few kind readers; sometimes it disappears into the great current of words that flows through the internet each day.
I am delighted that All That Light in Sydney was chosen for WordPress’s Freshly Pressed on 19 July 2026.
My sincere thanks to the WordPress editorial team for this honour and the encouragement it brings to keep travelling, observing and writing. My gratitude also goes to every reader who has chosen to walk these roads with me.
The Freshly Pressed selection may be viewed here.
One Grain Amongst the Storm 
Good recognition for you and your descriptive writing, Uma! Cynthia would be proud of you.
I’d like to think she is. Thank you for your kind words and the pat on the back.
Wonderful news, Uma and thoroughly deserved. “All That Light in Sydney” earned that recognition; the way you wrote about the Opera House and Circular Quay stayed with me long after reading. Freshly Pressed found the right piece this time. Congratulations, and here’s to more roads travelled and written
Thank you so much for your kind words.
So well deserved, my friend
Thank you, Derrick.
That’s brilliant! (And so are you!) So well deserved. The world has some glorious swans such as yourself but a good number of us are simply waddling ducks. Marvellous!
Thank you so much! Till yesterday, I too was a waddling duck, and I haven’t changed one bit today. A little nod from WordPress doesn’t alter the bird; it simply makes the duck’s day brighter.
This is great. Definitely well deserved. Congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Conngratulations.
Thank you so much.
Congratulations Uma!
Thank you so much, my friend.
How exciting! Congratulations!
Thank you so much.
You might call yourself a waddling duck, but you are not. You conquered the Sydney skyline like a peregrine falcon. To go from casual traveler to WordPress Freshly Pressed is an incredible flight. Congratulations!
What a wonderful image: it made me smile. Thank you for such generous encouragement. If I’ve managed even a little of a peregrine’s flight, it’s thanks in no small part to kind readers like you.