Week 29/2026: Arty and crafty things
Week of 13 July 2026 This weekend was full of arty and crafty things and I had a great time. This post is wholly researched and written by me, a human. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. I do not use generative artificial...
In memoriam: A diabolical ceramicist
I wanted to acknowledge the death of my friend Kim Foale two weeks ago. Kim passed away unexpectedly on 5 June 2026, which was the most terrible news. My blogging friend It wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that Kim and her daughter Veronica were the inspirations behind me starting...
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 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 04/2026 Not finishing
Week of 19 January 2026 I’ve been reading Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, a book I’ve written about at length on here. I bought this book when it was first published (I was going to write ‘last year’ but it was 2024), and...
Week 01/2026: Farewell to another year
Week of 29 December 2025 This was a week of low expectations and not much going on, as we said farewell to another year. So this is a kind-of sort-of year in review post. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in...
Week 51/2025: A nightmare of cyclical proportions
Week of 15 December 2025 As we edge closer to the solstice, I feel unsettled, edgy, and things happen that throw me right out. And they aren’t, in the grand scheme of things, that bad. There’s a lot lot worse happening in the world. A lot. But I am...
Week 47/2025: A week of book launches
Week of 17 November 2025 This week I went to two very different book launches, one I had planned for a while and one at the last minute. This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring...