Otherwise titled: What I’m Reading (August) – Vlog. I broke two rules the other day: 1) Never, ever, vlog while your cat is awake. 2) Don’t swear on your blog* Observe! I ended it there because I think you can tell from my facial expressions and the number of “Aahhs” that I was a little…
Behold. She (note the female pronoun!) is a Nikon D3100, but I refer to her more as my ‘baby’, ‘precious’, or ‘don’t you dare touch, she’s mine‘. I think I even sound a little like Gollum when I say that last one. She went on her first workout at the park on Sunday. We went…
In an effort to bring some balance back into my blogging ways, I created at the beginning of the year a sort of mantra: ‘Dig Deeper, Move Less Earth‘. From the original post: My ‘I’ is the Karen that wants to dig, yes. But deeper. See a point through; formulate an idea to its end….
With the talents of Neil Finn, Sarah Blasko, Angus and Julia Stone, Katie Noonan, Daniel Johns and many others, I highly recommend this clever promotional video for the Sydney Opera House. I watched it for the first time last night after seeing a lot of talk about it on social media during the week and…
I had some clothes to take and donate to Savers yesterday. Naturally, I could not resist going inside for a quick look. To justify the excursion I made up a little challenge in my head: “What could I buy for this weekend that would be a) otherwise functional and useful and b) pretty?” This is…
Short Version: I CAN HAZ MOAR TIME PLEASE? For the writers in the audience Medium version: In preparation for a night away from my family this coming weekend due to a blogging conference here in Melbourne, I have been trying to get ahead of the housework. Screw it, yes, certain feminists may stake me for…
The most recent (July) edition of The Victorian Writer, the magazine produced by the Victorian Writers’ Centre, features an article written by my friend Laurie about the ‘Inaugural Sub-Committee’, an online writers group that can trace its genesis back to this post by Phill English*. I’m happy to count myself among its membership. At the…
It’s been an up and down week. I don’t normally rush here after seeing or doing something, but I am today. We’ve seen the last Harry Potter and I’m left feeling quite bereft. Afterwards, we went and had lunch in a cafe. I was sitting there and all of a sudden my eyes welled up…
