Ah blogs, I've known a few..but then again.... To start somewhere around the middle and work outwards from there; after a long stint over on the opposite hemisphere, I'm back in Australia with a head full of ideas, a series of abandoned blogs (parts of which I will eventually integrate with this blog), a suitcase full of inappropriately warm clothing, my long suffering dog (who I keep dragging around with me to new countries) and a new eye for ... Read the Post...
d-day (part 2)
So here it is. I've made it back to Australia. After my final two weeks in a little hire car, gradually shedding the last of my possessions at friends' places, saying a lot of goodbyes, and even taking the adventure spaniel on a tube ride through the heart of London (and on a supermarket run in Clapham because every fibre of my anxious being was 100% convinced he would immediately be stolen so there was no way in hell I was leaving him tied up ... Read the Post...
d-day (part 1)
The day has come. Not only is this my first proper blog post in quite a while but, after 8 years away from Australia, I'm returning home. I made the decision in December last year, as work had been stagnating for a good 18 months as I reached the top of a very short and narrow career ladder (or tripod, I dunno - you get the gist). With rapidly rising fuel costs, life has steadily become more expensive in the UK over the last couple of years - and ... Read the Post...
baudelaire by the beach
I think I would be happy in that place I happen not to be, and the question of moving house is a subject of perpetual dialogue I have with my soul ~Baudelaire. Which is another way of saying I've decided, for a multitude of reasons, that it's time for me to move on - back to Australia. I've given myself a generous block of time to get ready, and will be heading off for the antipodes by spring. ... Read the Post...
