This afternoon I looked out my office window and noticed a pile of twigs on top the awning above one of our courtyard doors. Within a few minutes a female blackbird (whose plumage is, in fact, a mottled brown) had flown down with more twigs to add to the pile. Which meant that it wasn’t [...]
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Shave an Editor, Help Fight Cancer
This will indeed be a sight to behold! Russell B. Farr of Ticonderoga Publications is pledging to shave off his lovely red locks along with — gasp — his beard to help raise funds for the ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group. Russell says: The ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group have given my mum [...]
Valé Sappho
∞ Farewell my darling Sappho the sweetest gentlest most good-natured cat I have ever known. You will be missed and loved always. Sleep now safe in the earth and dream among the stars. ∞
Wordled
Because I am easily distracted by shiny things, here is Madigan Mine put through Wordle: Wordle is an online procrastination tool app that generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. Okay, off to do some real work now.
A worthy cause . . .
On Friday 23 July, staff at the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) will be working in their pyjamas in support of Stress Down Day. Hmm, Kate Eltham and Angela Slatter both work at the QWC — I want to see some photos, ladies! Stress Down Day is Lifeline’s only national fundraising event, held on Friday 23rd [...]
Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer living in Melbourne. Mostly.
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