How many times have you said it? Or written it down? Or, more likely, just thought it? It’s about people, places, the past, and you. You remember that time you went up to SinCity or Brissie with your mates, it might have been ’92, or ’82 or (gulp) some indeterminant time in the mid-sixties. You […]
EvenFourLines
"If any person in any place were to teach even four lines...
...Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream
Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud
Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream
So is all conditioned existence to be seen" [from the Diamond Sutra]
You Know, Albert, Your Trouble Is That You Can’t Count
April 20, 2012 by
Resilience is making a comeback. It was always a trait, and it used to be a culture. Even 50 years ago, a person was encouraged to (metaphor advisory) bounce back, dust off, get their act together and snap out of it. It evolved out of authoritarian parenting, and resulted in children (and adults) ranking lower […]
Listen To My Heart Go Bumpity-Bump
March 13, 2012 by
Does the word Mona make your heart go all a-flutter? There are 36 entries for Mona in Wiki. Which ones will get your pulse racing. Could it be Cercopithecus mona, the African long-tailed monkey? Doesn’t do it for me – nor, I’m guessing, for you. Or MV Mona, a Swedish vessel in service 1957-63? Not […]
All Must Have Prizes
February 11, 2012 by
You would never think the Dodo is extinct. It lives repeatedly on Social Media. We are reminded about its sad obliteration from the face of the earth and our attempts to resurrect the species via DNA . The flow of information about something that is dead as a..well..dodo is incessant. Why? I reckon it’s […]
Lay Back And Dream On A Rainy Day
November 26, 2011 by
Look carefully at the first two pics. Let me explain. Climate change, La Ninja, late spring and probably my late mother-in-law are all to blame. They combined today to create a wet low pressure system sucking moisture out of the Torres Strait, bending eastwards and drawing water from the Pacific Ocean, and, squashed between two […]
Now You Tell Me What You Know
October 31, 2011 by
Sometimes you sit down and try to nut it out. Whether it’s your tax return, a foreign language, or a novel, it just doesn’t make sense on first reading. Or on the second or third… Perhaps you have a professional or business or social group in your life. It may require a ‘maintenance of standards’ […]
I Said I Want A Second Opinion
October 16, 2011 by
Boy, are they ugly tomatoes. I was picking a few from our veggie patch last season, and with a name like Rouge de Marmande, you would expect them to look glorious. Aristocratic, even noble, perfectly formed, symmetrical, evenly coloured. But no, this variety of tomato is real ugly. They vary in shape from elliptical to drum-shaped […]
