Picture this: You’ve just run the bath. Your eldest has just sat down in the water; your youngest – who sat on the toilet and declared (rightly) that “’nuffin came out” – has just stepped in behind. You turn your back to grab a towel only to hear the distinct sound of the healthy urine…
For Adam’s birthday present this year, I gave him a voucher to go rally car racing. He ended up going just this past weekend, with a good friend of his who taped this little piece of film. I was very impressed with the speed he got up until I was informed this was his “Hot…
Two weeks ago I went to a Naturopath and paid over a hundred dollars for her to tell me information I already knew. (Sidenote: I feel there will always be hope for the world economy when there are people like me – tired, body-sore and soul-stretched – who are willing to toss money over in…
Read / November 17th, 2008
The blogging workshop I was set to teach on Wednesday night has unfortunately been cancelled. We couldn’t quite get enough registrations to fall over the line. Coming so close to the holiday season, I’m not surprised and am a little saddened as I was looking forward to it – although it may be re-scheduled for next year….
Read / November 16th, 2008
When I was at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, I was initiated into a secret-sort of knowledge; a fact – I hope – more momentary than universal, spoken more in jest than in spite. Still, depending on who’s drinking, and how much, this is the very important feeling among some people: “Poets hate prose writers,” he said…
To be honest, I’m not having much fun with NaBloPoMo this year. I don’t know why; perhaps it’s because this week I’ve started getting emails again of the “You call yourself a writer? Then how about you clean up your grammar?” variety. Which, on one hand, hooray! It’s been a while since the narks have…
Read / November 14th, 2008
See the drought-struck land outside. We need rain bad. Take a look below if you’re interested. The talk went really well, I had a lot of fun. If anyone has any questions, do ask.
Books recently bought: Dracula by Bram Stoker The Mind of Your Story : discover what drives your fiction by Lisa Lenard-Cook 2009 Children’s, Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (US version, 21st ed) Books recently borrowed: The Believers by Zoe Heller Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Books recently abandoned: The…
…in a practical kind of way. There’ll be one on turning cat furballs into something functional out there somewhere, guaranteed.
