May 2010

Reunions

May 31, 2010

Karen: I had at least two people at the weekend come up and say they read this blog simply for our, shall I say, marital conversations. Adam: You mean squabbles. Karen: No, conversations. And how they formulate the narrative which is this blog. Adam: You’re still in festival-lingo-jargon-mode, aren’t you? Karen (holding up her hands): [...]

Why Adam and I rarely go second-hand book shopping together

May 28, 2010

We sometimes pop over to Warrandyte on a weekend. Warrandyte is a bush-chic, gorgeous little suburb not far from where we live where one can walk by the river, or let the kids can play on the great playground next to the bakery (which we of course patronise). It’s always a nice treat. On occasion, we’ll [...]

Drawing night

May 26, 2010

I like our Friday nights.

About Last Night

May 25, 2010

I’m studying at the moment – a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to be precise. I aim to be done by November so – who knows? – maybe sometime, someplace in the future I could be teaching at a VET institution near you! Anyway, this makes Tuesdays my study day as I get a [...]

Page Parlour photos and other bookish domesticities

May 24, 2010

Yesterday’s Page Parlour for the Emerging Writers’ Festival went splendidly. I apologise I don’t have more photos to post than the one above, but the iphone does not like low-light settings. I can put the ‘flash’ on Hipmastatic, but it has little affect on the overall result (it’s more of a ‘glaze’ than a true [...]

My love for this guy just keeps on growing

May 22, 2010

But a taste of our last weekend; may it again – and yours – be as lovely

May 21, 2010

Sauce

May 20, 2010

We currently have four litres of barbeque sauce in our cupboard. The hell, right? What are we – a pizzeria? A ranch-style restaurant? The thing is, when I was shopping this morning, I picked up what turned out to be our second bottle of sauce with every certainty that we had no more at home. Because [...]

EWF reminder and ‘Living Library’ mention

May 19, 2010

The next 10 days are going to be busy. Sunday 23rd: I’ll be at Federation Square selling books as part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival Page Parlour from 12pm. Monday 24th: I’ll be at the Wheeler Centre at 7pm talking about Miscellaneous Voices with Estelle Tang. Also there will be Carla Del Vecchio who will be reading [...]