Still Life With Cat is an all-purpose blog containing reflections on whatever is going on in the realms of literature, politics, media, music, dinner, gardening etc. Its original incarnation is Pavlov's Cat (2005-2008).
Read, Think, Write is about all things books and writing, and incorporates Australian Literature Diary (2005-2010) and Ask the Brontë Sisters (May-July 2007).
Blogs are by Kerryn Goldsworthy, a writer, critic and editor who lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia.
The Cheapo Stuff Wins
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DEAR EDITORS,
“WHY IS Everything So Ugly?” (Issue 44) was a pleasingly dyspeptic essay
about something I’ve been giving a lot of thought to lately: the
u...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
Nick Cave loves the royal family
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Uninterestingly there doesn't seem to be a function in Blogger for rotating
images. It makes sense, keeps overheads down here in the AI training
dataset ...
Daylight Savings Time
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Just got a weird bug in my brain, as a result of a conversation yesterday,
and wrote this in the comments of a friend's blog. And then realized that
it'...
life is not a blog post
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I was in a café this morning when the waiter, a beardy bloke in his early
20’s called me “my love”. I wondered if that was a term of endearment he
reserve...
use it or lose it
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turns out if you don't blog for over a year the part of your brain that
stores your blog password (the same one you've had for the entire ten,
no, ELEVEN y...
Starting again
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It's the nature of blogs to go from feverish activity to inaction, and
Humanities Researcher is no exception. It's been a very busy year, but I am
currentl...
Not-cross-buns, 2016
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Continuing a fine tradition in our house of subverting pre-existing
festivals for our own purposes, I’ve made not-cross-buns, using the
excellent recipe on...
Celebrating new books
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Over the next week I'm looking forward to celebrating the birth of two new
books.
No. Not mine. When contemplating the release of my own book I'm generally...
A pretext for moving along
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I think I've come to terms that this blog is over. It was a fantastic way
to meet people and talk about my thoughts and processes, but I seem to be
channe...
Plus Ultra!
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I know Brian said that we’d posted our last, but I couldn’t let the very
kind words on the thread announcing our closure to go un-remarked. I also
thought ...
A condolence of sorts
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Melbourne. Full moon, winter solstice and a real chill in the air. I have
been walking the Fitzroy streets even more than usual in the days since
Betty Bur...
Larvatus Prodeo: A four-cannon salute
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Sad news as the good ship Larvatus Prodeo hoists anchor and departs the
waters immediately to our south.
Fort Solor duly issues four-gun salute. *Sargento ...
Letter to Charlie - 10 months
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Dear Charlie
Yesterday you turned 10 months old.
You are changing from a baby into a little boy before our eyes at the
moment and it is quite amazin...
sleeping with bears
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On Sunday morning, I caught up with the not-so-speedies (a ka: the
‘slowpokes’). For those not in the know, this is a consortium of peoples
who prefer to r...
Recalling the Public Phone
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Guest Post by Jayde Cahir
I have owned a mobile for 14 years. Even while backpacking overseas in the
late 90s I carried one with me. But I’m not a mobile ...
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