April 27, 2010
getting messy and strong and lighting it on fire
When I try to imagine the contents of my brain, all I can see right now is a Jackson Pollock painting. Big and colourful and alive. [...]
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April 25, 2010
the weekend: on stage, on screen and in the garden
There is a proud kiwi tradition of spending part of the weekend at a massive hardware-cum-gardening store. I suspect its something we inherited from the Strayans, [...]
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April 22, 2010
friday five: anthropomorphic curios
NB: Today’s Friday Five is sponsored by Rex. He has broken ‘the first rule of cat club’ and is communicating with the humans. You can follow [...]
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April 20, 2010
the good plates
The proposal, the ring, the celebratory soiree all admittedly, went some way to confirming our status as a future Mr and (ummm) Ms. But in all [...]
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| 19 Bantering Wittily
April 18, 2010
giant scallops, the gaia hypothesis and rex: the crap...
Eyjafjallajökull is totally awesome! Especially the bit where even seasoned BBC reporters have a palpable nano-second of sheer panic as they attempt to pronounce it (everyone [...]
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April 15, 2010
the invitation
Image credit: Susannah Conway I first read The Invitation years ago, when I was lost and running (and more than a little concerned at the prospect [...]
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April 10, 2010
nine lessons about cash, worth, champagne and...
Fifteen years ago I graduated with student loans of more than $50,000, a bank overdraft and a Bachelor of Arts. My first job was at the Department [...]
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| 19 Bantering Wittily
April 8, 2010
friday five: happy accidents
Happy Accidents was captured by Matt Stuart over several years using ‘a small Leica camera, patience and lots of optimism’. I love that they are quirky [...]
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April 6, 2010
‘gordon brown caught sewing fish into the...
My voting card arrived on Saturday. Thursday May 6th has been announced as the UK Election. Cameron and Brown (and Clegg – bless!) have set out [...]
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April 4, 2010
powerful conversations ~ danielle laporte: on...
Danielle LaPorte is a one woman mojo-making maven: the creator of White Hot Truth, a former think tank exec and news show commentator, Danielle has been [...]
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April 1, 2010
friday five: more than the immaculate confection
As an agnostic, Easter is a time to rest up and witness this end of the planet waking up from eleventy hundred weeks of winter. We [...]
