by phoenix | May 4, 2016 | Story
Step off. Or not. It’s one of those decisions that hovers at your peripheral vision — are you ready? Wings unfurled at your back, that sensation of almost-moistness lingering — will they hold? There’s a time limit… go too early and you plummet to the bottom...
by phoenix | Apr 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s not often I ‘advertise’ for someone but two separate people have given Harper toys I’m completely thrilled about (Lizzie the aqua lizard, gifted by Jo Sumner and Ellie the Elephant gifted by ) and they both turn out, completely coincidentally, to...
by phoenix | Apr 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
linked to this précis of a report into the false accusations of rape. It reminds me I’ve been meaning to write a post on the false rape accusation that is central to To Kill a Mockingbird. We watched the film of it recently (having named...
by phoenix | Mar 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was thrilled to find out about this pledge by being named in Rachel Chalmer’s post. She is definitely one of the geeky grrls who inspired me in the early days, when we were the difficult, smart women in computer journalism in Sydney before the Internet was...
by phoenix | Mar 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
My Dad used to have a book with this title… I have no idea what the content was, as I never read it, but while ‘fat’ is obviously something that occurs in both the male and female population, I have to agree with the sentiment that fat is...
