The musings of an Aussie viewing the World waist high .... from a wheelchair
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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From Stephanie Dowrick’s new book “Seeking the Sacred: transforming our view of ourselves and one another”: The qualities needed to meet our most urgent social and environmental crises are the same as those we need in their communities and homes. They are the same as those we need to heal our personal suffering and lessen [...]
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Two days ago I went to Books Kinokuniya a mammoth book shop in the City that I discovered when I left a job and got a sizeable gift voucher. It’s great to be someone who can still discover bookshops. I was having a mildly brain dead day, with an afternoon to kill between meetings and [...]
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Described more fully here, its basically to describe your life in that moment or a thing in your life in a phrase containing 6 words. During this disciplined blogging exercise I thought I’d try it. Quite sorely, listening to audio Austen Possibly Related Posts: The email I wrote for international day last year Just writing [...]
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Yesterday was fun. I had a visit from a university friend and her daughters (3 and 9 months). They are gorgeous. It’s strange and pleasing to be able to talk of knowing folks for over 10 (or 20) years. I feel all old but in a good way. AS and her hubby fall into the [...]
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I’m sitting up in bed swimming pleasently in 19th century british literature. Jane Austen has long been a favourite of mine, both in the elegant video productions and in the books, at least those I have read, largely Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. I have recently bought Persuasion following watching the recent movie [...]
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Blanche D’Alpuget (aka the 2nd Mrs Bob Hawke) was recently recorded giving a quasi lecture on her literary influences and inspirations. Be warned — this is long and not the best public speaking. It’s got me thinking; what exactly are my lifetime books of note? I will have to give it some thought because I [...]
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I have been sporadically following Tony’s blog for at least 18 months now. He is a Church of England vicar from Oxford who wouldn’t know me from a bar of soap. I like the way he thinks. In a recent post about Lent he said; But then came the double whammy. Alison informed me that [...]
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