Still Life With Cat

TO DO (in order of importance) Pull oneself together Accept the fact that it's going to be 41 degrees today and suck it up; everybody...

Some may remember my first-ever foray into fruitcake-making back in November when I got inspired by Deborah Strange Land and her grandmother...

Anyone who's read Helen Garner's The Spare Room will probably remember this scene. For those who haven't: Nicola is in the adva...

The forecast maximum temperature for Adelaide today is 42 degrees. South Australia is divided into fifteen 'districts' and the fire ...

I spent most of the weekend in bed, snoozing, sneezing, coughing, groaning, spluttering, blowing my nose, monitoring the headache and the ea...

When writing first drafts I will usually bung in instructions to myself as I go along, most often [CHECK] where I have relied on memory for ...

I missed Janet Albrechtsen's bizarre paean of praise to Tony Abbott's honesty, sexiness and social grace in yesterday's Austral...

TO DO: THURSDAY 17/12/09 8.20 PM UPDATE 1) Make a list* 2) Check it twice (and do naughty/nice triage) 3) Shop for cutlery for C, DO NOT for...

It's a witty, funny, fast-paced book with some grit and some edge and it's the sequel to a best-seller, but I'm only up to page ...

After the shockingly outrageous and unfair events of 2007, when the natural party of leadership somehow inexplicably lost its eleven-year sq...

From Macbeth Banquo seems to have died in the forest. Oh well! From Hamlet WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN? From Emma Jane and Fran...

Just happened to catch Tony Abbott's press conference live, the one where he announced his reshuffled front bench. Didn't catch all ...

Quiet Friday night lull in the local big bright Coles and so when the voice starts up I notice it at once. Long supermarket experience and m...

Those who, like me, have been visiting the ABC's website daily since Annabel Crabb began her pointy, sparkly political columns for them ...

1) This is what happens when the adversarial model dominates a society. The core imagery is of whupping wild beasts, women and each other wi...

Who beat Turnbull by half a toenail, 42-41, after the surprise elimination of Joe Hockey in the first vote. Holy sh*t. As it were. Of course...

Dear Malcolm, With all your faults you are still far too good for them, and I am really enjoying the spectacle of you toughing it out to the...

1 horrible old neck injury (high-speed highway rollover, 1986: C4 and C5) x too much housework and gardening (yesterday) x general stress (o...

As Channel Seven excitedly leads up and counts down to its revelations about Premier Mike Rann and his secret, married ex-girlfriend, an aff...

Emboldened by the success (so far at least) of the Christmas cake, I set off into unknown waters yesterday and decided to make a Christmas P...