Little Man

One week ago today, my little brother celebrated his twenty-eighth birthday. He had a sickie from work during the day and went out for dinner on Thursday night with one of our three sisters. I called him up before he went to dinner and asked him what he wanted for his birthday. In the past [...]

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King For A Day

  L’ordre du jour pour le roi.-    The day begins: let us begin to order for this day the business and the festivals of our merciful master who is still deigning to rest. His majesty has bad weather today: we shall be careful not to call it bad; we shall not speak of the weather – [...]

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The Magic Flute in Oz

N. and I braved an early wintry evening last week for the music of Mozart’s Magic Flute at the State Theatre. We ate a quick meal at Sahara restaurant upstairs on Swanston Street. This restaurant has been renovated again since I last ate there. Several years ago there was a long communal table down the [...]

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I Wish I Was Ocean-sized

I have returned to Melbourne after six weeks spent in the sun, sand, surf and dust. I have travelled thousands of kilometres by rail, road and air and swam in the Southern and Pacific Oceans. I am utterly exhausted but it’s a good exhaustion like one gets from working out muscles one is unused to [...]

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