The Fifth Woman is the first novel that I’ve read by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankel. I saw a positive review of his work in The Age last year and purchased the book while in Melbourne between Christmas and New Year. His main character, Inspector Kurt Willander, is a thoughtful introspective man who reflects on [...]
Preparing to move
The impending move to Western Australia is starting to sink in. Everything is going smoothly so far, with removal quotes on the way, changes of address and new connections for power and phone. We’re clearing out as much furniture, possessions and junk as possible, not just to save money, but to accommodate everything at the [...]
Testing something new
I’m typing this in the free online word processor at www.writely.com. Basically I just want to test its blog publishing feature. I’m formating the text here and want to see if it publishes correctly. Edit: It works! I received an error message in Writely, but the text was published with formating. That’s really the only [...]
Email from heaven?
I know I’m not supposed to click on my own Google ads, but I couldn’t resist checking out one for Heaven’s Mail. The service promotes itself as an “Eternal Portal” providing an online memorial which survives when you don’t. You can send e-cards and email automatically from beyond the grave to remind loved ones of [...]
Tamed by a toddler
I had some quality time yesterday with my two-year-old daughter Margaret. Juliet and I don’t get to spend much individual time with either of the twins, for obvious reasons. The exception was caused by Juliet travelling to Yarra Glen to pick up Kathleen and Dude from my father, who was meeting her part of the [...]
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