Snake at the screen door

Well done Monday! Congratulations! You surpassed all your previous attempts by 7am. Not only did you provide me with a restless, disturbed sub-tropical night’s sleep with the prospect of a 34 degree day. I then awoke ridiculously early, bleary-eyed and tired. I thought to myself, I know – I shall start the week off the […]

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paper lantern bookcase

I have finally taken down my Christmas fairy lights from the bookcase and replaced them with these paper lanterns. Oh..and that copy of a A Suitable Boy you can see there…no…I have never managed to finish it.

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paper lantern bookcase

I have finally taken down my Christmas fairy lights from the bookcase and replaced them with these paper lanterns. Oh..and that copy of a A Suitable Boy you can see there…no…I have never managed to finish it.

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Welcome to university

I am sitting quietly at the computer drinking my morning green tea. This is in preparation for the onslaught of new students that await me when I get to work. Today is our first Orientation Day of the new year. We have 84 new preparatory students starting the program on Feb 28. Before they start […]

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Welcome to university

I am sitting quietly at the computer drinking my morning green tea. This is in preparation for the onslaught of new students that await me when I get to work. Today is our first Orientation Day of the new year. We have 84 new preparatory students starting the program on Feb 28. Before they start […]

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full of beans

I have started a new piano student this year…the younger brother of a delightful girl who I have been teaching since last year. This afternoon as I left work I wasn’t particularly enthused for my regular Wednesday piano lessons. I had spent the day, filing, checking class lists, filing, answering the phone and email, and […]

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no Messiah..just some shopping

So I flew to Brisbane Friday lunchtime and flew back to the Bundaberg this morning. There was a cheap flight sale at the end of last year and it fitted beautifully with the plans the Jinxster and I had made to book for Jesus Christ Superstar by Harvest Rain at QPAC. We stayed with Anne […]

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no Messiah..just some shopping

So I flew to Brisbane Friday lunchtime and flew back to the Bundaberg this morning. There was a cheap flight sale at the end of last year and it fitted beautifully with the plans the Jinxster and I had made to book for Jesus Christ Superstar by Harvest Rain at QPAC. We stayed with Anne […]

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Dear Keef

Dear Keef I feel I should write and explain my inability to finish your autobiography. I began it with high hopes. I had recently finished Paul Kelly’s wonderful memoir and thought that perhaps your book would extend my reading into a roll of musical non-fiction. Unfortunately, while the early parts of the book were very […]

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Dear Keef

Dear Keef I feel I should write and explain my inability to finish your autobiography. I began it with high hopes. I had recently finished Paul Kelly’s wonderful memoir and thought that perhaps your book would extend my reading into a roll of musical non-fiction. Unfortunately, while the early parts of the book were very […]

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