A kettle is a kettle?

24Sep09

Do you ever read that part of the SMH on Saturday where a person selects three possessions- and then they talk about why they chose them, and there is a photo? It’s called ‘favourite things’. Below is last weekend’s page, which isn’t the best example, but the only one I have…..

Saul Eslake (economist and yes I [...]

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Tags: memory, state of mind

Couple more strawbs

03Sep09

I’m tired? So what’s new?
I have about ten draft posts at present on a whole bunch of stuff. And I’m getting frustrated by my lack of ability to. (well). do. much. really.
Tonight – I present – my scatter-gun approach to my life at present … and my head.
We’ve been in our beautiful house for a [...]

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Tags: blogging, books, friends, happiness, state of mind

Fantasy future

04Aug09

I saw the latest Harry Potter movie on the weekend. I really enjoyed it, although I think I liked it so much just watching Isabel’s face throughout it all. She was soooooo engaged.
There are a few films that I am looking forward to, and the strange thing is they are all of a genre that [...]

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Tags: food, libraries, movies, state of mind

Bit flat..scat..oh….

27Jun09

I have been composing posts in my head for weeks now…but there is such a jumble in there it hardly seems worth while trying to make sense of it all. But I’ll try. It’s left me at times a bit flat. I have to say this last month has been the most difficult for me as it [...]

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Tags: building, house, lists, me, state of mind

Topsy turvy

22May09

… not sure if that is even how it’s spelt, but that has been my world for the last week.
Just over a week ago my brother Jeremy rang to say that he had suspected lung cancer. He is in Sydney and I am in Canberra so the last week has been a blur of travel [...]

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Tags: building, family, health, state of mind