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Meet my new friend...
Once upon a time, Alan of Trebond, who would later become Alanna the Lioness, gained a pet. Sharing her shelter under an old willow tree, with her fire, was a cat. A black cat, with purple eyes.Pets...
View ArticleWindswept Music
I made the decision to go up the hill yesterday afternoon ... for no real reason other than that my internet is broken at home and exercise is good. As I neared the peak – where the wind is strongest,...
View ArticleHelp! - Theatre, Art, Culture...
Okay, I have a dilemma, and I figure that the more theatrically minded of my friends might be able to help out.An international group are doing Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" on the 4th and 5th of...
View ArticleCamilla - Quotes
One of the things I love about Madeleine L'Engle's writing is her way of describing classical music, in such a way that you want to go out and listen to what she's writing about. Other subjects have...
View ArticleNga Pukapuka o Pepuere
BooksEmily Goldberg Learns to Salsa - Mical Ostow Unraveling - Michelle Baldini & Lynn BiedermanThe Book of Luke - Jenny O'ConnellThe Fright of the Iguana - Linda O. JohnstonThe Bishop at Sea -...
View ArticleThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
I went to a show this afternoon. A show that, on Thursday, I wouldn't even have thought about it, contemplated it. Such a lot of difference 3 days make!!A picture book by Shaun Tan was Australian...
View ArticleWeird Request
I have a very odd request...Do you know where to find the websites that let you cheat at writing an essay - preferably one that gives you one with mistakes in it and then the polished version as...
View ArticleThe Cherry Orchard
"Dear, honored bookcase, I salute thy existence, which for over one hundred years has served the glorious ideals of goodness and justice; thy silent appeal to fruitful endeavor, unflagging in the...
View ArticleThe Cherry Orchard
I went to The Bridge Project's production of Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard today. It was one of those productions that just get you thinking ... and keep you...
View ArticleMonet
In preparation for going to see the "Monet and the Impressionists" Exhibition in a week and a half, I borrowed the Exhibition catalogue from my library and read it.Yes, I'm a geek.From Andre Masson's...
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Purple is In!
wenzel will probably be amused at this.This week purple is obviously the "in" colour in our office spaces. One day this week there were I think five of us wearing at least some purple - plus several...
View ArticleFood ought to be remembered
Generally speaking, one should not remember at 8.30pm that one is meant to make brownies for morning tea for work tomorrow, or that one has not yet eaten dinner.Oops.Brownies are now in the oven,...
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Frustration
You know how, some days, everything just compounds and piles on you? Until you get to the stage where you're frustrated and feeling hemmed in and have used up your entire store of patience for the day?...
View ArticleBooks and Childhood
on Saturday I went to Variety's Monster Book Fair, and found myself trawling through the children's section (as is my usual at bookstores and libraries). What struck me about this one was the books it...
View ArticleMaple Magic
One of my colleagues just came back from a month's holiday - in Canada. She brought back cookies for all of us.So ... WHY did none of my canadian friends tell me about these absolutely wonderful Maple...
View ArticleBooks and TV Shows
I'm listening to an audio book of "Drawing Lessons", by Tracy Mack. Some time in the long distant past I'm sure I read the book - I don't remember when, but a lot of the story rings bells for me.But...
View ArticleSong
I don't know what it is about this time of year - though it's possibly the whole "Summer is coming!" thing - but I keep wanting to break out into song. I'm not usually like this, but sometimes....It's...
View ArticleMore numbers game
Days until Christmas: 17Days since last mailing date to "Rest of the World": 7Gifts wrapped: 11Gifts given: 11Gifts sent: 8Gifts addressed: 8 (all sent)Gifts purchsed: manyParts of gifts purchased but...
View ArticleGeometry
Okay, whose bright idea was it to buy people round plates for Christmas? They're devilishly hard to wrap.However, also on that note, whose idea was it to buy STARFISH SHAPED plates for people for...
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