Welcome to Phoenix’s world-changing Salon
A portmanteau. A treasure trove. A time capsule. A poetry book. A diary. A photo album. Memories. Dreams. Wishes. Hopes. An open letter to an unsuspecting public. An intimate confession to close friends. A declaration of intent. A whisper of love. A personal record. An experiment in introspection. A performance space. A political rant. A wild yawp. Why do any of us publish our words and images online? Come, dream with me.Drumroll please
I proudly present:My first published paper in a peer-reviewed journal. (Download the 450Kb PDF). Mine’s the second paper.It took a while, but this is my Masters thesis, summarised at breakneck speed in a backyard in Cupertino. I must admit it reads a little like it…
No group of people can be this happy.
From the most awesome tyggerjai:“We all take speed and we’re all going to die, but we have a few more years and we will be happy. We don’t want to live more than a few more years, and while we live it will live it as we are: stupid, blind, loving, talking, being…
Australia 2020
This weekend, Australia is getting together, via a large number of community representatives, and having an enormous discussion about our future. It’s one of those grand democratic gabfests that you dream about when you’re a young undergraduate politics student, and I…
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When did we forget our dreams?
Gypsy & Balkan bash
Who’s up for a night out? Tonight upstairs at the Laundry in Fitzroy, à¼ber lingua is holding a gypsy and balkan bash from 9pm, free entry.You know you want to.
Autumn delights
The crispness is starting to seep into the days. I respond with soups and hot desserts: potato and pumpkin soup flavoured with ginger, coriander and basil followed by spiced poached pears topped with stewed apple and rhubarb. Everything is fresh from the farmers’…
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Treat Yourself Like a Cat
Or, as I’d put it, Everything I know, I learned from my cat.Herewith qamar’s guide to enlightenment through living like your cat:Treat Yourself Like a Cat: 9 Life Lessons 1/ Get off pills. You don’t give your cats drugs, even when they are insane, so why do it to…
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Courage…
From the Yemen Times via silverblue:[Eight year old] Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court by herself on Wednesday, April 2, looking for a judge to handle her case against her father, Muhammed Nasser, who forced her two months ago to marry Faez Ali Thamer, a man 22…
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Gluten Savvy folks, get your tastebuds on!
The masses have spoken (well, the 15 of my friends who voted on the question). I registered GlutenSavvy.com and have posted the first three restaurant reviews. It’s currently not hugely pretty but it’ll do. Please register and contribute reviews of restaurants in your…
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Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
These are poems and meanderings that made their way to the page. I’d love to hear what you think of them. Want to get in touch? Drop me a line!
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I am also known as Ro Bersten, a communications specialist with more than 20 years’ experience. See my CV and professional projects.
