Category: art

Week of 13 October 2025 I had this week off work. Hurrah! It was the week after school holidays. It’s weird. Now I don’t have a school-age child living at home, I have no idea when school holidays is and the only way I notice is there is less...

Week of 29 September 2025 This was a very exciting week! The baby peregrine falcons in the nest at 367 Collins Street in Melbourne hatched. The first one on Tuesday. Now there are three little chicks for us to watch for the next six weeks as they grow and...

Week of 22 September 2025 This post includes a copy of my recent post on Substack about a recent short story writing workshop with Angela Slatter, so if you follow my writing blog over there you may have already read this. But there’s also my usual weekly update of...

Week of 30 June 2025 This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. A final day in Melbourne aka Quite the impression Monday was our last full day...

Week of 23 June 2025 This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Good news! She’s dead! The Witch of the West is dead! The wickedest witch there...

This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Week of 2 June 2025 An interesting week. This happened in Parliament. ISLAND The Menzies Institute for Medical Research, which...

Week of 12 May 2025 A busy week Just quickly, a short post because I’m overwhelmed with other things to do right now. I keep asking myself how I ever managed to write a post a day in 2011 when I started this blog when I was working and...