This sounds *fascinating*

“FREE PUBLIC LECTURE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, The Uni­ver­sity of Melbourne Inaug­ural Pro­fess­or­ial Lecture Pro­fessor Charles Zika “Witches and Other Stereotypes: Image-Making in Pre-Modern Europe” Tues­day 4 Octo­ber 2005, 6.15 pm Elisa­beth Mur­doch...

Canberra-bound

Hello, Can­ber­rans! I will be passing through your city on the way home tomor­row. I will be spend­ing the day with the lovely Kyle and Alix, chil­dren of demiurgically_m, but was hoping to have a dinner catch-up with the rest of you wot is avail­able....

Spring equinox

I walk down south Fre­mantle beach and the sea calls to me. The winds are cool off the grey sand and the waves are teal and indigo, with cream foam, ser­en­ad­ing the beach with soft sighs. The grass is stud­ded with yellow dais­ies, bright and lus­cious and violet...
New Vespa

New Vespa

The insur­ance money came through, the stars aligned, and I am now the owner of a new-for-me Vespa to replace Astrid. The new one is the same model, same year, same colour as the old one but has a top box on the back that mine didn’t have but that...