Classic Australiana

Classic Australiana

It really does­n’t get more Aus­tralian than this​.In 2001, I wrote this in response to the bush­fires we had back then. This time, I’ve been indoors the entire time, in bed, recov­er­ing, with my darling baby girl. It seems so remote to me… except that...

Goods for fire victims

A number of people have said that, like me, they’d appre­ci­ate a way to donate goods rather than just money.Here’s one option, via Freecycle:In con­junc­tion with the local school and scouts, we are gath­er­ing together dona­tions, which we will drop off on...

Fires and hope

The fires down here are still out of con­trol, des­pite small amounts of rain. Latest death toll is 108, and that’s not count­ing he many bodies that will pre­sum­ably sur­face when the fire­fight­ing stops. Many of the fires, it’s said, were lit by arson­ists. Two...