Month: October 2009

  • Breathe deep

    Obviously I need this one too…

  • Roald Dahl Presentation

    I just realised that I completely forgot to tell you how it went! Two weeks ago I headed off to Willoughby Public School, where my nephew Kurt is a third grader. They’ve been studying Roald Dahl lately, and Kurt had showed his class my website. His teacher got excited and invited me to come give a talk. So I whipped up a little presentation and brought along some of the rare items from my Dahl collection. The kids were great, listening attentively and asking really good questions. (Third graders do fidget a lot though!) They were really excited that I got to visit Gipsy House and meet Liccy Dahl. I gave them a collective present of some Dahl-themed board games I was given by the manufacturer, and I lent their teachers a few books and movies. A very sweet little boy had evidently been nominated as the official “thanker,” and he presented me with a card and a W.P.S. pen and coffee mug. Sweet! At the end of the hour, one little girl asked if she could email me a story she’d written about Roald Dahl. “Sure,” I said. “Your teacher can give you my email address.” That set off a chorus of “Me too! Me too!” The teacher looked at me questioningly. “Are you sure you’re ready for this?” “It’s fine,” I assured her. The next day I had more than 20 emails in my Inbox. (Whoops.) Overall it was a lot of fun, and I’m really grateful that they invited me. I may have to do it again next year!

  • Luxury Tampons

    Luxury Tampons. I had the exact same reaction when I saw that stupid ad.

  • Keats

    “I should like to die. I am sickened at the brute world which you are smiling with. I hate men and women more. I see nothing but thorns for the future … the world is too brutal for me – I am glad there is such a thing as the grave – I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there … I wish I was either in your arms full of faith or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.” GOOD GRIEF, John Keats! And you thought your high school boyfriend was melodramatic.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @Opheli8 They live in Chippendale. I met ’em a while back: http://bit.ly/1NARxv. They were in the news today: http://bit.ly/31ZnXv.


    I told you Farmers’ Markets were trendy. http://bit.ly/2zCcwc


    @Opheli8 Please, please tell me that’s what you’re wearing to my house for Halloween.


    @Opheli8 Scary indeed!


    Here Comes the Co-Op: http://bit.ly/J5Fpq. I’ll be teaching folks to knit at the Food for the Future Fair on Saturday: http://bit.ly/1oy2oa


    @sharre Exactly my reaction upon my first and only bellydancing class. It was fun though. You’ll do great!


    Going to try jogging home from work today. If you hear screaming, it’s because my sunburn doesn’t like my backpack.


    Just completed a 2.27 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/4i7zFx #RunKeeper


    Chick on bus was obsessed w/ adjusting her cleavage to point where I had to CLEAR MY THROAT to get her to move. Not nice cleavage, either.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Just completed a 2.27 km run with RunKeeper


  • Black Dog Syndrome

    Black Dog Syndrome. This is why I’m so glad that Fiona was able to rescue all three of the kittens last Christmas. Petey and Tom would have had a rough time in a shelter!

  • Flood: Track by Track

    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album “Flood,” They Might Be Giants have written some track-by-track liner notes.

  • Food for the Future Fair

    Just a reminder that the 2009 Chippendale Food for the Future Fair will be held this Saturday, October 24th, from 10am-4pm. The Inner City group of the Knitters Guild (of which I am Convenor) will be giving free knitting lessons there all day long. It’s going to be a great day! If you’re in Inner Sydney and you’re interested in art, food, gardening, sustainability, and culture, you should come along. (Me, I just want to pat a chook.)