I’m flitting between books at the moment. I’m reading Franzen’s Freedom on the Kindle – an experience I’ll devote an entire post to at some point. Thanks to electronics I can honestly record that I am 37% of the way through, which is a more accurate way than guesstimating: “Oh, I’d say I’m about in…
I’ve been wanting to block out some time for a blogging brainstorm/thinkover for 2011 and everybody I’ve mentioned the idea to has said, “That sounds great! Let me know if you go ahead with it, I’d like to join you.” It’s not 100% set in stone yet but I can book a local (Eltham) meeting…
From this: To this: I have no idea when she drew this. I was going through one of my writing/notetaking books the other day (the same one Keira has claimed as her own) and I was flicking through the pages when this little dancer popped up before my eyes. It could be months old. I…
First published in Coles Baby Magazine, Spring 2007, as just ‘Climate Control’ We often forget that Australia can be a country of variable climate conditions. Yet from the tropics, down to the southern regions, all over there is one similarilty: we want to ensure our babies are kept safe. With a bit of care, this…
Back when I played the piano, I did quite passably but also with the knowledge that I really ought to practice more. I didn’t have the zeal* to be consistent. Once I was out of primary school and I could stop the miseries of clarinet, encounters with other instruments were rare. I remember once we were at a…
Red tulips White tulips Yellow tulip Clay cat made at Bendigo Pottery Bendigo Cathedral Cathedral windows Watching a movie in the hotel room Cafe sights Hanging Rock, from the Calder Freeway. Thinking wistfully of our trip there last year. More words to come later.
Setting: A large home-renovators and supplies store. The kids are running around, sitting on all the toilets (thank god they’re past the ‘does this work? shall I use it?’ phase) and asking what a bidet actually does. “I think we need floorboards.” “Bamboo?” “I guess.” “They’re hardest. Except for this wood you can only get…
Yes, PictureShow. You may already have heard of it, or own it, which I suppose makes me a little late to the party. No matter! I like PictureShow because it blends a lot of features that Hipstamatic and ToyCamera both have (plus more) into a more centralised interface. Here is a pretty ordinary, boring, and dark shot of the…
(And I am open to suggestions of a better acronym!)
