January 2008

Seeking out my own corner in the domestic jungle jumble

January 31, 2008

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Virginia Woolf The above quote has become somewhat of a cliche. In fact, I’ve seen it trounced about in the papers twice in the past two weeks on various different subjects. Just exchange “Fiction” to anything from “scrapbooking” to [...]

WW – Vicarious gardening

January 30, 2008

Our neighbours are quite proficient at gardening and we are vicariously reaping the benefits. Observe: We are now collecting the ripe fruit off this vine (well, the fruit the possums are leaving us with!). This vine grows over the fence between their property and ours. Then this week I discovered their rambunctuous pumpkin vine [...]

Trying out the ‘Charlie and Lola’ diet

January 29, 2008

Screw Hi-5 - we’re Charlie and Lola junkies now. This sweet twosome has invaded our house and, frankly, I couldn’t be happier. It all began when Adam gave the kids the DVDs for Christmas and ever since they have been on continual loop. So much so they’re already scratched and so when the picture freezes and [...]

Going green ideas

January 28, 2008

I read recently that the average microwave, used as an ‘average’ microwave might during the day, uses more power to work the digital clocks (that most have) than it does to heat the food you put in it. So ask yourself – do I need this clock? Or can I turn it off at the [...]

International Internet Free Day

January 27, 2008

Updated: Well, I’m here so I break, I suppose, the coda for the day. Never mind. However we did go out this afternoon to a jazz festival and seeing Keira with ice-cream smeared all over her face, dancing to Louis Armstong’s “Lazy ‘Sippi Steamer Going Home” was something I don’t think I’ll ever see again: certainly not [...]

Darren Rowse and Australia Day

January 26, 2008

Happy Australia Day everybody. Please, if you’re interested (and if you’re interested in blogging, you will be) come over to Aussie Bloggers sometime today to read my interview with Mr. Problogger himself, Darren Rowse.

Introducing my profit pledge for 2008 – Berry Street Victoria

January 25, 2008

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere I firmly believe that the power of change for social, cultural or political good lies further within the individual’s reach than we usually reckon or are told is possible. Call me an optimist if you will, but I just keep on imagining all the collective ‘drops in the bucket’ that we, as citizens, could [...]