Category: music

Week 15/2026: Bizarrerie

Week of 6 April 2026 The start of the week was three days off work, thanks to public holidays and an extra day’s leave. It was very hard to go back to work on Thursday! This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI...

Week 10/2026: Hearing things

Week of 2 March 2026 This was week 2 of my second year uni course. I wrote about it on Substack, but in a nutshell, I volunteered to do a presentation (which is worth 20% of my mark) in week 2, so I spent most of last week putting...

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 13/2025: Three (more) days on the island

Week of 24 March 2025 Following last weekend’s Ten Days on the Island events, this week I attended more activities from this amazing festival. This weekend I went to live theatre, an on-Country experience and an art show. Three Days on the Island Friday: LIFE/CYCLE LIFE/CYCLE was the third...

Week 11/2025: Eclipsed

Week of 10 March 2025 This week continued a bit like last week but without all the art exhibitions. I watched the moon instead. Eclipsed: the partial lunar eclipse I took some time to go to the beach and experiment with long exposures, which was fun. I’m limited in...

Week 06/2025: Planes and boats . . . and a whale

Planes and boats . . . and a whale Week of 3 February 2025 A hard week. Perhaps the hardest one yet. But also some light. The final week And not even a full week. The week leading into the day I’d been dreading since I found out Kramstable...

Week 27/2024: The depths of winter

Week of 1 July 2024 I felt better this week, and going to bed on time was my main goal. There was also wonderful winter singing and feasting. Sleep, winter singing and feasting Sleep and daylight I wrote a couple of weeks ago about trying to improve my sleep...

Week 17/2024: Somatic stagecraft

Week of 22 April 2024 It was a quiet week. I had Monday off to recover from the holiday and Thursday was a public holiday. Somatic Stagecraft On Saturday I went to a workshop called Somatic Stagecraft with Jem Nicholas and Bec Tilley. Jem is an Alexander Technique teacher,...

Week 12/2024: Sea songs and chicken homes

Week of 18 March 2024 After a fabulous Tasmania Reads week, I got to exercise my democratic right to vote on Saturday. I’m leaving this election day outfit here. If you know, you know. Songs of the Sea I suppose you could say Friday night’s conversation about Tasmanian wild...

Week 5/2024: Dreamworld

Week of 29 January 2024 I had a couple of fun nights out this week. Here’s the story of one of them. Pet Shop Boys I have loved Pet Shop Boys since I first saw them on Countdown in 1986. (Might actually have been the original release of ‘Opportunities’...