We put up our Christmas tree this afternoon. Until we had children, we never bothered with a Christmas tree. There didn’t seem much point. The year Chatterboy was born, we bought a little completely artificial tree made out of fibre optics. But the year he turned two we decided thatContinue Reading
I went to Sculpture by the Sea on the weekend, and was pondering, as I walked past the Bondi Pavilion that some space that was once “public” (concrete in front of the Bondi Pavilion) was now “private” at least by some definitions – it’s a cafe. My local area hasContinue Reading
I was watching TV tonight (commercial station – Channel 10 if you’re interested). They cut to a news break. The top stories were: Interest rates rise (0.5% increase in the Australian cash rate) The latest NSW parliamentary scandal (minister arrested for alleged teen sex) Britney Spears files for divorce Some storyContinue Reading
There’s a Heckler in the SMH today about how boring the Melbourne Cup is. Even though I have zero interest in the race, I find it quite a fun work interruption. One Tuesday in November, we all down tools, wander into the tearoom to watch TV for about 15 minutes,Continue Reading
It’s Jacaranda time in Sydney again, and I really need to take my camera out and record what is one of the most beautiful things about living in Sydney. Morgspace has done it for me: I found this post from Morgspace showing a beautiful carpet of Jacarandas (pictured above) – which isContinue Reading
Philippe Rizzo has just won Australia’s first ever world gymnastics gold medal. Apart from celebrating the success of Australians in genuine worldwide sports (I think gymnastics counts, even though you have to be quite well-off to do it, so you don’t exactly get many African countries), I have to recordContinue Reading
I watched Gosford Park on DVD last night. As I think Robert Altman intended, the effect of showing both upstairs and downstairs, and making the people matter, is astonishment at the amount of work that went into maintaining that between-the-wars relaxed country house lifestyle that so many great books usedContinue Reading
When Hungry Boy was born, I was the main breadwinner of our family (as I still am). I got two months paid maternity leave, so took three months total maternity leave before going back to work. It was lovely to have two parents at home for what was a prettyContinue Reading
I’ve just been on holiday to Far North Queensland, and was pondering what kind of place my perfect beach holiday would be. It would be a sandy beach, with warm water (25 degrees or so) – a sheltered beach at one end, surf at the other. No jellyfish, or otherContinue Reading
I have to record this: Australia’s women just won the World Basketball Championships! Women’s basketball is one of the few sports I make an effort to see live, whenever world class teams are playing in Sydney, and with the Australian women’s team having been ranked number 2 for the lastContinue Reading
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