Book review: Troppo by Madeline Dickie
Troppo’s anti heroine Penny, a drifting, travelling surf chick, lands a job in a remote Indonesian town. This is a country she knows from her teenage years, which offered her a …
Your own brand of crazy
People hate advertisement. Unless you love ads, than of course you shall be excluded from my oversimplification of the world. I have never met anyone who enjoyed being marketed at, but …
The business of blogging has taken over
At least, that’s what I believe is what’s happened. In June, author Nathan Bransford mused over the fact that the blogosphere has changed over the last ten years. Nathan says …
Bandwidth and tunneling
Stress makes you dumb. I sometimes experience the stress stupor myself, but science says so too. If your mind is occupied with a range of immediate concerns your capacity for …
Culture and identity: you don’t know what’s lost…
Adam Goodes. If this name doesn’t mean anything to you it’s probably because you don’t live in Australia. Or you live under a rock. Google his name (or leave your …
Time is unkind to the hesitant
This is an observation. Time is unkind to the hesitant. I blink, another week has passed. The other day, thinking about the novel in my drawer, I was positive about …
Book review: Carousel by Brendan Ritchie
For some time my pick of books hasn’t aligned with my other half’s and in principle that’s not an issue. It’s only impractical when I LOVE a story and I …