I had a relatively smooth transition into daylight savings this year. I think I’ve struck on a successful tactic – conserve all energy the day prior; otherwise called – sit on your backside reading, in between checking in on the score of the AFL Grand Final 2.0. My team won: go Pies! etc. Even Keira…
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…
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…
(And I am open to suggestions of a better acronym!)
I’m stepping away from the blog for personal reasons. Not sure when I’ll be back. Soon. Ish. Would you please water my pot-plants for me? Thanks. Photo: mao_lini *
I get to work and look in the mirror properly for the first time that morning. Next to my eyes is yellow, globular evidence of oversight. With a fingertip, I wipe away the sleep. * At 6.07am Tuesday morning, my personal trainer points at my nose. “You… you’ve got a little something there. Not sure…
