The musings of an Aussie viewing the World waist high .... from a wheelchair
I’ve always wanted to be a writer. A good writer. Partly because I love words and the way they can move both writer and reader of all types. But partly if I’m honest ( the new me now) because when well done, it seems it can be portable. I want to write because I want [...]
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The Children by Charlotte Wood My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews Saturday was a nice start to the Labor Day long weekend. A lowish tech day, but I was pleased to discover that it wasn’t hard to be low-tech. I read “The Children” by Australia author Charlotte Wood. I had read [...]
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My recent readings having included re-reading Socrates’ Apology (as reported we think by Plato). A passage has struck me: — apologies for the gendered language “You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He [...]
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love returning later to old books Possibly Related Posts: Just writing Weekend and quasi-book review Moments with Socrates — making choices The view from 40 years on I haven’t forgotten
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Just had a busy few weeks with university exams and other workish or life-ish management. And with reading Pride and Prejudice yet again. This time another spin-off. This time a good series told from Darcy’s point of view by an American author, Pamela Aiden. Reviews to follow. Possibly Related Posts: Just writing Weekend and quasi-book [...]
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, on criminological/psychological/sociological issues. I find myself like I did when I first went to uni years ago suddenly wondering how deviant I am. It is apparently a well recognised phenomena, self diagnosis based on reading of the characteristics of deviant behaviour, or mental health issues. Possibly Related [...]
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I’m back studying again for all sorts of reasons and yet none at all. I’m doing it online, but through a proper university here. I’m excited. Especially when I get a mark of 93% on my first online exam this year. And I know what I’m going to do for the essays due in [...]
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I’ve been following It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh an Australian turned American declutter expert. After two read-throughs of the book, I’ve been slowly getting my head around throwing things out. I’m heartily sick of being unable to find things and this has actually been a good remedy, even if I haven’t found any of [...]
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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being [...]
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With the heatwave continuing and my writing window in direct sunlight, I haven’t been writing. It has been a mentally and physically trying couple of days. Thankfully mostly inside under air conditioning (something sadly lacking here at the moment). Late on Friday night under the one ceiling fan, but still unable to sleep, I discovered [...]
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