Random thoughts and observations
Holidays are an indulgence from the perspective of both time and money, but they’re important family occasions. I still remember the occasional long trips we made when I was small and I’m sure it’s the same for our kids today. This was a relatively small trip in terms of duration and distance, but a very [...]
Kathy Reichs is an interesting writer. Her books are first-person crime narratives written from the perspective of a forensic anthropologist, which is her “real life” occupation. According to the author’s blurb, she is one of only 50 accredited forensic anthropologists in the United States. She works part time for the Office of the Chief Medical [...]
I have a couple of interesting walks to report. Yesterday I drove to the Porepunkah Gully Road, which is a dirt track heading north from the Great Alpine Road near the flower farm. I parked the car near the rail trail and ventured forth. The track starts flat and straight through farming country. It reaches [...]
I was interested to hear Andrew Denton’s interview last night with veteran White House press corps member Helen Thomas. I empathised with her comment that it’s hard to start writing opinion pieces after years of straight reporting. It also made me realise that I’m in the older generation of (former) journalists who believe newspapers should [...]
John Grisham has a lot to answer for. He kept me awake until 3am, regaling with another splendid yarn. Eventually I had to sleep and this morning I needed to finish some work before the story could resume. I only have one regret that I finished all 568 pages of The Rainmaker in 18 hours, [...]
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