I’m heading off to Sydney this afternoon to teach at the NSW Writers’ Centre tomorrow. It’s always nice to get back home (part of me will always call it that, no matter how long I live in Melbourne) and I hope to get down and spend some time harbour-side. I miss it. I can…
Oh, how I wish I was frolicking around in sun-drenched fields at the moment, as opposed to shivering through an Antarctic Vortex! Never mind, we push on regardless, don’t we? All the more reason to celebrate the good things going on this week. I went to the optometrist a month or so ago after experiencing…
1. Beginning with this lovely blue sky of wispy clouds earlier in the week – lucky we made the most of this weather while we could because our part of the country is going to be blasted by ice, wind and snow over the coming week! 2. I taught an amazing class of blogging students…
I’ll start off this week’s celebrations with the above picture. Readers might recognise this poem ‘postcard’ from my #miscpoetry project – if you click through to the link you’ll see them all in a single post. Since then, they’ve been sitting in my drawer and I thought to myself, “What else can be done? How can I…
What am I celebrating this week? Enjoying watching the kids draw chalk pictures on our driveway. The Sydney Writers Festival podcasts of Helen Garner and Richard Flanagan. It’s a joy to listen to them both. Gmail is now officially offering ‘Undo Send’ functionality, and users like me everywhere breathe a sigh of relief….
Every Friday during school term, Riley sits down to eat his breakfast and you can almost guarantee that while he’s eating will say at least once, “Friday! It’s almost the weekend! I love Fridays.” In that same celebratory spirit, I thought I would start up a regular ‘Friday Celebrations’ series, showcasing the sorts of links,…
It’s almost Valentine’s Day. If you’re like me, that means the day is of semi-interest (at best). I won’t be heartbroken if I don’t get anything. A hug will be fine! Maybe a hug… and someone to cook tea. Oh, that and maybe a flower. From the garden. Or the florist. AND CHOCOLATES DON’T FORGET…
Thanks to Disney, we were treated to an afternoon at the movies last week. It was still in that weird, almost surreal, period between Christmas and New Years, where everyone runs on a combination of almost overdrawn adrenaline and swings between enjoying the spirit of the time and just wanting it to be over already….
Extracted from original introductory post: The Year of Creative Engagement (#yoce) will be my attempt to document my creative journey, put greater stock in accountability and output, while also showing what new work I’m reading or listening to. My monthly book reports already feature here on the blog, and this exercise will also appear on…
