Monthly Archives: July 2009

Doh je*

Time out, having it. Friends, listening and talking. Dogs, always there in the moment. Good books, transporting you away. Poetry, (re)discovering it. * Thank you, in Cantonese

Holiday

I had a real holiday last week. No, I didn’t go anywhere or do anything special. The holiday was marked by what I didn’t do: I didn’t check my work email. You might be wondering why this is something worth remarking on. Or perhaps you are wondering why on earth I would check my work [...]

Self portrait with chihuahua

Have been having a bit of time off from work. Haven’t been doing much at all, much dozing and pondering and reading (have read six books this week). Just listening to the radio: Australia Post is putting up the cost of stamps again – twice in two years. Costs keep going up, apparently. The news [...]