If you get a spare twenty-two minutes this weekend I recommend this TED talk by film and television produced Simon Lewis who suffered tremendous physical injuries after a car crash and what he learned about consciousness and the human body during his recovery. Quite inspiring. Edit: Feed readers might need to click through to see…
The school holidays are drawing to a close. As usual I feel the tug between wondering whether we should’ve gotten out and done more activities and just letting myself enjoy the emptiness of the calendar. The children, by and large, have been more than happy playing around the house, and I can hardly argue with…
I’ve been taking photos exclusively with my iPhone ever since I got it. I should explain why. You see, beforehand, our regular point and shoot had been dropped on the ground (by me, oops) and hasn’t been the quite same again. I went back to look and I think the last photo on here taken…
True to form when it comes to fun runs in July, I have managed to get sick ahead of this coming Sunday’s Run Melbourne. I’m not nearly as worried this time as I was for last year’s half marathon because I’m only doing half the distance, but still. Being sick makes me pouty. I will…
Aussie folk, don’t forget you’ve got until 5pm this afternoon (Friday) to enter my competition to win a Cars 2 movie family pass. My mother is staying with us for a little while during these school holidays to see the kids and help me out while I try to get some work matters in order….
Before I wanted to be a movie director, a scriptwriter, or a novelist… before it all, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Learning about Ancient Egypt was somewhat difficult when I was a child in the pre-internet days. Our local library only had two or three books about the subject and these – as you…
It’s July, it’s cold, so it must be getting close to Christmas. Wait, stay with me here. I know that doesn’t sound right, but it sure resembles a little of how I’m feeling. School is about to start second semester, the ball gets rolling again, I get wrapped up in stuff, and before I know…
We have a new addition to the lounge room. This baby upright, walnut-polished Steinbach fits nice and snug into our compact space, as if it always belonged. We’re renting it for a three month period to see how it fits in to our lives, whether we take to one another, like the way of all…
Books discussed or mentioned: Dog Boy by Eva Hornung (Text Publishing) Shooting the Fox by Marion Halligan (Allen & Unwin) The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarksy (Allen & Unwin) Saltwater Vampires by Kirsty Eagar (Penguin) Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Text Publishing) The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman (Text Publishing)…
