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Furnace and the Fundamentals – unexpectedly brilliant

I must admit that when Mistress Butterfly messaged me this afternoon to offer me a free ticket to Furnace and the Fundamentals at Max Watts…

northern hemisphere winter solstice song

Even though I am currently writing from Australia, where it is summer (albeit, a cool La Nina summer so far), the northern hemisphere is in…

Aretha – Dub a Little Prayer (Jayo edit)

It’s the weekend!! 😀 Hooray 🙂 Have you found any good music lately? I am listening to a compilation of edits, mash-ups and remixes from…

Streets ahead – Smashed Avocado

There is a certain kind of fragile that comes with a big Saturday night or at least, extreme sleep deprivation. It was the first real…

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

COVID-19 has certainly brought more television into my life. Some of it good, some of it not so good. A friend suggested Dirk Gently’s Holistic…

Ode to winter rain

Warm in winter clothes while the rain falls. Sheltered from the atmospheric cold and wet. And viewing the world, separated by glass. It pours down…

What to do in Canberra? Things to do in Canberra

People sometimes give Canberra a bad rap, but I recently got back from a great holiday there. What to do in Canberra? It can be…

Melbourne walks – Collingwood to the city

There are lot of things to do in Melbourne, even if you don’t have a lot of money to spend on tickets and food and…

Forbidden – a world of the senses

In an ideal world, I did find, breathing within a warehouse in Abbotsford, an exhibition that explored the rich world of our human senses. I…

Beautiful Highness – Chapel Off Chapel

Based on a true story, Beautiful Highness centres around one family’s incredible grit and determination in dealing with mental ill-health. Unsentimental, heartwarming and gently humorous, the play…

Roots – 1927 – Melbourne International Arts Festival

My expectations were quite high for the performance of Roots by the 1927 theatre company as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. For anyone…

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

So far, I have only had the experience of seeing Part Two of the Harry Potter play, currently showing at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne….

Travel and holidays

The Garden of Unearthly Delights – Adelaide

I am embarrassed to say that this is the first time I have ever been to Adelaide. It is worth the wait though. What a…

What to do in Canberra? Things to do in Canberra

People sometimes give Canberra a bad rap, but I recently got back from a great holiday there. What to do in Canberra? It can be…

The Big Float Merimbula

The Big Float Merimbula stops for no one! Does anyone know what to call 26 January anymore? Is it Australia Day, Division Day or Survival…

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights – Adelaide

I am embarrassed to say that this is the first time I have ever been to Adelaide. It is worth the wait though. What a…

White Night Geelong 2022 – A perfect evening for it

When Mistress Butterfly suggested a return ferry trip to Geelong last Saturday to experience White Night Geelong 2022, I jumped at the opportunity. Light art…

Listening to Lisa Gerrard playing with light

This piece of light art was made from my favourite light art photos and events of 2019. It is supposed to pay homage to the…

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