01. My Melbourne International Film Festival picks this week: Continue reading
Category Archives: Stuff and Nonsense
Sample Saturday – AI, a walk and social media
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Show-off Holiday Post – Darwin and the Tiwi Islands
Two weeks ago, I had a quick (and beautifully warm and sunny) break in Darwin and the Tiwi Islands (north of Darwin). Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Chekhov’s tragicomedy, Uncle Vanya, brilliantly adapted for the MTC by Joanna Murray-Smith. What a treat. And the sets (above), with the backstage exposed and used as part of the space, were fantastic. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – cultural heritage, a wife, and betrayal
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Show-off Holiday Post – Vienna
The final part – the Vienna bit – of my Eurovision trip (so far: Zürich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Eurovision). Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. My (almost annual) Reading Holiday – away with two friends; I read one book (Patchett) and started another (Perry); had two glorious walks by the ocean (I never get tired of fossicking by the shore); and basically the BEST, most relaxing time. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Land to The Ruiners
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Dine Out event at Frankie’s – a delicious set menu but the standouts were the grilled octopus, snapper and tuna with tostadas and the jericalla baked custard with blood orange sorbet (below). Continue reading
Sample Saturday – Insta suggestions
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three came via Insta. Continue reading