I’m studying at the moment – a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to be precise. I aim to be done by November so – who knows? – maybe sometime, someplace in the future I could be teaching at a VET institution near you! Anyway, this makes Tuesdays my study day as I get a…
Yesterday’s Page Parlour for the Emerging Writers’ Festival went splendidly. I apologise I don’t have more photos to post than the one above, but the iphone does not like low-light settings. I can put the ‘flash’ on Hipmastatic, but it has little affect on the overall result (it’s more of a ‘glaze’ than a true…
We currently have four litres of barbeque sauce in our cupboard. The hell, right? What are we – a pizzeria? A ranch-style restaurant? The thing is, when I was shopping this morning, I picked up what turned out to be our second bottle of sauce with every certainty that we had no more at home. Because…
The next 10 days are going to be busy. Sunday 23rd: I’ll be at Federation Square selling books as part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival Page Parlour from 12pm. Monday 24th: I’ll be at the Wheeler Centre at 7pm talking about Miscellaneous Voices with Estelle Tang. Also there will be Carla Del Vecchio who will be reading…
I peed into a urine jar yesterday and submitted myself to various bodily assessments to prove to a medical representative of our bank that I am of sound health to be eligible for an application for a life insurance policy. The nurse was quick, bored. He did these as routine. He also saw through what…
I can feel it coming, so let me say it first: Yes, you’re probably getting sick of the photographs. But today I’ll be a little different: I’ll post these without captions, thereby freeing YOUR INTERPRETIVE WILL! … I apologise, I’ve been writing all morning and to get in gear brewed myself a pot of coffee…
In the past I’ve not shied away from posting photos of myself that may (and have) been deemed inappropriate by some people. So when Jodie had the idea of ‘blogging without makeup’ today (ergo: celebrating ourselves as we are au naturel), I thought I’d join in. Celebrate who I am. Or rue myself. I’m good…
