Posted in language & writing on Feb 4th, 2009 No Comments »
It has been said that everyone has a story to tell; everyone has a book in them. I think that’s true, if only we would take the time to listen. But can a story be told in just six sentences? As someone who appreciates tight, succinct prose, over endless, flowery phrases, Six Sentences (www.sixsentences.blogspot.com) is […]
Posted in science & technology, language & writing on Nov 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Poor little redshoes is being extra neglected since joining facebook last week. It’s certainly a fascinating place, and full of interesting gadgets and communities, but it can be so time consuming. I may have to extend the TV ban to include all objects with screens, except the car.
Posted in language & writing on Feb 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Found this old poem scrawled about 5 years ago on an envelope during a terrific electrical storm raging over Macquarie Centre rooftop carpark while I sat safely in the old Pulsar. Most of the poem sucked big time (the shopping list on the other side made for more scintillating reading by comparison), except for this […]
Posted in the beige concept, language & writing, health & wellbeing, simple living, god, faith & spirit, work & study on Jan 1st, 2006 No Comments »
This year I am going to dance more, take a few steps towards making the bookstore-cafe dream a reality, read more, stop doing stuff that isn’t me, meet a nice man, work less and play more, have less stuff, look after myself, keep writing, spend more time with God, get back on the contemplative path, […]
Posted in language & writing, ethics & justice on Dec 11th, 2005 No Comments »
Australian bloggers muzzled
“Many local bloggers are unaware that they may be liable for everything they write on their sites, not to mention all of the colourful comments made by contributors. Our new sedition laws will make this worse. Blogs fall under the same defamation and other laws that regulate all media organisations in the country.”
from […]
Posted in language & writing, health & wellbeing, books, quotes on Dec 9th, 2005 No Comments »
While weeding some more paper from the house, I stumbled across this gem - A Reader’s Manifesto : an attack on the growing pretentiousness of American literary prose by B. R. Myers.
“Nothing gives me the feeling of having been born several decades too late quite like the modern “literary” best seller. Give me a time-tested […]
Posted in language & writing, quirky bizarre on Sep 2nd, 2005 2 Comments »
‘odyssey’ is very difficult to correctly spell first time ’round. It’s like ‘liaison’ and all those other tricky weirdo words. *sigh* I love language, and words, and grammar, and punctuation, and all that jazz …