Week 26/2026: The Trial
Week of 22 June 2026 If you’ve been following me for a while you might know I signed up for acting classes a couple of years ago. My current drama school has mid-year and end of year performances for all its classes. That’s ten classes learning, rehearsing and performing...
Week 25/2026: A week of art
Week of 15 June 2026 This is a catch-up post. I seem to be doing a lot of those this year. There is so much going on and so many things I’d love to write about. My friend Ruth had the right idea. She wrote a post about all...
Week 23/2026: I eat the stars
Week of 1 June 2026 A few years ago I read Sarah Wilson’s book on the climate catastrophe, This Wild and Precious Life, and I wrote a blog post about it at the start of 2021. I wrote about how every year, everyone kept wanting to chalk up the...
Week 22/2026: Island readers and writers festival
Week of 25 May 2026 This week was the inaugural Island Readers and Writers Festival, a “five-day celebration of literature, story-telling and creating connection” here in Nipaluna/Hobart. It was presented by Island, the organisation behind the literary magazine of the same name. The festival had a range of events...
Week 06/2025: World wetlands day
Week of 2 February 2026 World Wetlands Day was on 2 February. Wetlands, according to the definition on the official site, are land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. They include inland wetlands such as marshes, lakes and swamps, coastal wetlands such as...
Week 03/2026: Morning walks
Week of 12 January 2025 This was my first full week back at work. I was in the office four days out of five this week, which was exhausting. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always...
Week 33/2025: Beaker Street
Week of 11 August 2025 A week of Beaker Street! As usual: 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. If there are any em dashes in this...
Week 28/2025: A week of reflection
Week of 7 July 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 week of reflection I had a week off from worrying about hip injuries and...
Week 16/2025: The week that was
Week of 14 April 2025 The week that was I feel like the things I should be writing about are too big and too overwhelming and changing so fast that I can’t keep up even thinking about them, let alone writing about them. The US descent into fascism. The...
Week 10/2025: An arty week
Week of 3 March 2025 This week was an arty week! I visited some art exhibitions I’d been meaning to see for a while. I found some unexpected works too. An arty week Alex Wanders: gleanings This is the second of Alex’s exhibitions I’ve seen at Handmark Gallery. It...