Something about 4H pencils
I’ve been re-organising, making a space for the husband to work at home. For me, writing and organising spaces scratches a similar itch. I..
Something about voting
Me, I like voting. Public policy and politics are the conversational river that flows through my marriage, as they flowed through my famil..
Something about the centre and the periphery
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There’s an article I’ve been going back to since I first read it in August. By Ezekiel Kweku and Jane Coaston, it’s called, ‘White C..
Something about reasons to keep reading
My Bible is singing harmonies. Sometimes they’re well-rehearsed and easily recognised; Isaiah 52 and Daniel 7 and Luke 22, telling the sto..
Something about loving ALDI
For serious, I love ALDI.
I love having many fewer decisions to make. I’ve been shopping at ALDI since they opened in June, and I am no..
Something about sovereignty
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The point of crucifixion was that it took people a long time to die. It was a careful, professionally managed practice intended to l..
Something about an architectural hymn
There’s a particular ‘thock’ when an adjustable triangle bumps against a parallel ruler. Until June, I hadn’t heard it for almost ten year..
Something about tall ships
So we’re at the Maritime Museum, looking up at Australia II.
‘Chicky,’ I say. ‘Can you imagine being on the deck of that yacht, with th..
Something about the year of no goals
It was such a weird January this year. Normally I’d have that Spirax notebook out, drawing up my standard 7-day grid, calculating how best..