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Christmas postmortem

Now that Christmas 2014 has come and gone, I can safely say I’m glad it’s over. I tried to eat normal amounts, truly I did, but I doubt anyone will be surprised when I say I failed. It started with Christmas Eve dinner. We spent it with relatives, and seeing them all was lovely, but […]

Happy Holidays!

It’s Wednesday, December 24th here Downunder, and that means Christmas Eve has arrived, sort of. Now if you are of Anglo heritage, Christmas Eve probably doesn’t mean much to you. To those of us from a European heritage, however, Christmas Eve is Christmas! I remember when I was a kid, I’d get all my presents […]

Calling all friends!

Hi everyone! As you may know, I lost my hard drive a few days ago. Unfortunately, my contact list was one of the many things I lost along with the hard drive. :( I’ve now got my pc put back together again, more or less, but I would really, REALLY appreciate it if everyone who […]

Just killed a snake :(

I’m sorry for this post. I just need to vent or I’ll never get to sleep. Or if I do I’m going to have horrible dreams. First off, this is the first snake I have ever seen, in ten years of living in Warrandyte. At an intellectual level I knew they had to be around, […]

The Piano Guys – Gloria

I’m not religious, at all, but sometimes the glory we humans can accomplish moves me to tears. I lost my whole hard drive last night and I’ve spent the whole day trying to get my work back. It’s been grim, but just now I got some of my music back, and I’m going to bed […]

Warrandyte is dry

In the wetter years since 2009, I had to get the grass cut before Christmas because the alpacas couldn’t keep up. This year we’ve had to start supplementary feeding��early because the alpacas have mowed the grass down already. In this first photo, I’m standing in my paddock, taking a photo of my neighbours’ paddocks. The […]

SBS TV, and the ‘Classical Destinations’ Theme

I’ve recently become an SBS convert so please forgive the proselytizing, but it really does have THE best cooking and travel shows bar none. ‘Classical Destinations’, the program mentioned in the title of this post, is one such travel show, but it has a twist – it takes viewers to locations with strong classical music […]

Allergic to Life trailer

I’ve been a fan of Kathryn Treat’s book ‘Allergic to my Life’ since it first came out – I literally could not put it down. And now I’ve been touched all over again by the trailer for the book. Filled with lovely family photos, the trailer is like a snapshot of Kathryn’s life, before and […]

Open Letter to the WordPress.com Devs

As someone who has taught human beings for close to 40 years, I can tell you that one size will��never fit all. What that means for YOU is that the interface you create must always have ‘layers’ so it can cater to the abilities of all users – i.e. absolute beginners through to power users. […]

Advertising elevated to an art form!

Please don’t look away! This is para-gliding in the extreme [and the advertising element is unnoticeable]. The artist, Jean-Baptiste Chandelier, does things with a para-glider that simply should not be possible, including barrel rolls. I always believed flipping a para glider = death. Not so, not so, not so, not so…… I’m terrified of heights, […]