Words go unsaid

Words go unsaid. Words stay sheathed, remain hidden, defy all coaxing and promises of glory. These words are in my head, I know they are, but what use is my word when the others are lined up like soldiers in Shi Huang Di’s tomb, waiting for command. Waiting for use; waiting for labour. There was a time when I’d [...]

Oh dear

Riley came up to me yesterday, held up this DVD: …and asked, “Is this Michael Jackson?”

More photos from our brief snow trip

I took this shot coming down the mountain back into Marysville, a town ravaged by the Black Saturday bushfires. As you can see, it was a gorgeous day. As you can also see, the tell-tale signs of damage are still very plain. This is taken from the hill on the back road out of Yarra Glen, [...]

Our day in the snow, Lake Mountain

Yesterday we went away on one of our few spontaneous family outings together. Of course I say the word “spontaneous” loosely, for as anyone knows who’s gone to the snow there is a lot of gear and oh are we wearing enough layers? talk. But we were up at Lake Mountain a little before 9.30am, [...]

Favourite links of the week

* Michelle at Scribbit offers some (as usual) wise blogging advice. * From The Guardian Let’s stop sneering at fantasy readers. Also from The Guardian an in-depth profile of one of my favourite children’s writers/illustrators Anthony Browne. * Here’s a very popular video going around the traps at the moment: Buffy vs. Edward Cullen (very funny and [...]