Tuesday, June 6, 2006WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE CABBAGE? Sign in to see full entry.Monday, June 5, 2006the artist's way revisitedThis morning I started up on the Artist's Way Program. I did it a couple of years ago and think it was beneficial. Anyway I've kept the book and figured it was time I tried something to budge myself out of my present feeling of being stuck and a little hopeless. The basic principal of the twelve... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, June 3, 2006I WANTED TO BE IDIANA JONES WHEN I GREW UP... WHAT ABOUT YOU? Sign in to see full entry.Friday, June 2, 2006hot pudding as an edible remembranceThe past couple of days I've been thinking about my Mum. Those who read me regularly know that she passed away at the end of last year. It's the beginning of winter in Australia and I've been thinking about the kind of desserts Mum used to cook on cold winter days: specifically boiled puddings with... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, June 1, 2006WHALES ARE OVER RATED. THE TIME HAS COME TO LOVE PENGUINS. Sign in to see full entry.the undoing of spin and other banalitiesI don't know what it's like in Mozambique or Mongolia but Australia's morning television is a kind of frothy bubbly substance that occasionally attempts to play at being serious news. At the moment there's unrest in a neighbouring country, East Timor, and Australian troops are over there trying to... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, May 31, 2006a book case generously offeredI finally appeased the minor god, aka. my fire alarm by offering it a new battery and now it no longer plagues me with its incessantly cheery chirping. Today I offer you a photograph of my bookcase. I always find it strangely disturbing when I wander into a house and there is no evidence of a... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, May 29, 2006a past conspiracy coated in yellowYesterday (Sunday) I wandered along the shore of Sydney Harbour and found my way to the last day of the Sydney Writers' Fesitival. This is one of those events that I mean to go to every year but invariably I miss the opportunity. Yesterday I finally made it. I went to two talks. The first was given... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, May 26, 2006I PRESENT MY BELOVED BOOTS AS A REVOLUTIONARY STATEMENT What really matters in life? Today's flat screen, high definition technology is tomorrow's can openner. Today's brilliant development is tomorrow's mild yawn. The things that really matter are simple, earthy and perennial like soft tissue... Sign in to see full entry. LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION Sign in to see full entry. |
