Culture
CategorySomething about hoping no one else notices
Occasionally, on a Monday evening, I run down a stretch of Canning Highway. Those few hundred metres take me past the Christadelphian Hall..
Something about shibboleth
There’s a tongue-twisting tale in the first half of the Bible with life and death consequences.
The potted version of this story, which..
Something about forgetting
Anzac Day, 2017. Lest we forget.
On this day in 1914, troops from the newly federated nation of Australia answered the call to fight al..
Something about Round One
There really is something about Round 1.
The obvious themes reveal themselves at first instance. Beginnings, potential, expectations, par..Something about cultural fads
A curious thing happened around the time Michael and I got married. At this stage of life, it was observed that one of my idiosyncrasies w..
Something about equality and equity
Lately it seems I wake each day with heart racing, jolted upright by the noise going on in my head.
Crazy, uncontrollable urges to jump..
Something about acknowledgement
Australia Day. Survival Day. Invasion Day. All of these are different titles given to the 26th of January, depending on your identity, dep..
Something about the fear of death
It’s curious how our simplistic views of life change as we get older. How knowledge lends itself to our perspective. Experiences teach us ..
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 living the dream
Sitting with my dad on his Riviera 40, we relax on the blue velvet waters of the Swan River, enjoying the shimmer of the city and the back..