June 2011
3 posts
A stitch in time saves nine.
Got the winter woes? Wishing you could be like so many others, wrapped up in cosy wool reading a book with a cup of hot chocolate? Do you look on in jealousy as the nanna’s knit up a storm? Well why not take a leaf out of their well read books and pick up a pair of ol magic sticks yourself?
But who will teach you, you might ask? Why the lovely many volumes of whimsical wisdom upon our shelves,...
Mythological Musings with Kylie Chan.
The Serpent lies on the carpet, alone. The city lights shine through the windows. It raises its head and tastes things gone; it drops its head and returns to the sea.
The turtle raises its head from the water; the lake stretches around it. People point and talk, excited. It goes t the bottom and settles in the mud.
As many of you may know Kylie Chan, Author of the bestselling books ‘White Tiger’...
Happy Birthday to who...?
We stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was white, as though chidden of God, And a few leaves lay on the starving sod, They had fallen from an ash, and were gray.
- From the poem Neutral Tones
Why the sweet melancholy tones you may ask? Are the bitter winter’s days turning me mournfully sentimental? If the cold continues as it has maybe, but for now the pretty words are instead in...
May 2011
1 post
Winter festivities
There’s something about this time of year that has you yearning for good home cooked food and friends, lucky for you this weekend there’s a big bunch of lovely people who have sorted that out for you. This Saturday and Sunday is the Panyiri Greek festival held down at Musgrave Park in West End. It’s a wonderful kaleidoscope of characters with a lot of great food and wonderful...
