Dear Leigh Sales
Hi Leigh,After watching 7:30 on ABC tonight I wanted to write to you. You interviewed Trade Minster, Craig Emerson. For much of the interview you were asking him questions about the leadership of the...
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Following up
I'm still coming to terms with the feedback and number of reads the letter I wrote to Leigh Sales generated. I'd never really taken much notice of the 'page reads' in blogger. I didn't really care....
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Reflections on Julia Gillard becoming Prime Minister
It's pretty obvious I'm a Julia Gillard fan. I credit her ascendancy to Prime Minster as the reason I reignited my interest in politics, which I once had as a student in the 1980's but had let lapse...
View ArticleMy political malaise
Lots of things about today ordinarily would have made me euphoric. A huge poll bounce in newspoll for the ALP, a record number of women installed as Ministers in the Government and record number of...
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Corangamite...where 386 voters could have given us PM Abbott
This post appeared at http://nofibs.com.au/2013/07/27/in-corangamite-386-voters-could-have-elected-pm-abbott-primmich-reports/ as a part of their citizen journalists project leading up to the 2013...
View ArticleThe day lunches were forgotten
I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago and never hit publish for some reason...Re-reading it makes me think...this is borderline typical of my everyday...I had one of those days today. Woke a little...
View ArticleCitizen Journalism...fun but crazy
(Note 27/11/13)I used this post as a starting point and wrote a new piece that was published at The Kings TribuneUPDATED 3/9/13A couple of weeks ago I received a direct message on twitter from Margo...
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Christmas Gifts
This is totally out of left field as a post on this blog but I decided to share it via this way.Last year I made these cookie jars for a bunch of people. I'd made a commitment via Facebook to make...
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Photo a day 2014
I've done photo a day twice before. I originally heard about the idea of taking a photo a day sometime before October 2007. I had read an article about Jeff Fatt, the purple Wiggle, and he had taken a...
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My place in time
UPDATEsee end of post for how I would link this to AusVELSORIGINAL POSTOkay, so I've found a new photo project. I found it accidentally. I was looking for ideas to incorporate into a humanities unit of...
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Cool Art meme circulating on Facebook
Have you seen this message on Facebook?"The idea is to occupy Facebook with art, breaking the monotony of photos of lunch, sushi and sports. Whoever likes this post will receive an artist and has to...
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White Night Melbourne
On Saturday February 22, 2014 we joined 500,000 of our closest friends in the heart of Melbourne and attended the White Night Festival. It was amazing. I don't think we quite knew what to expect as we...
View ArticleNed Kelly...Transcribing lyrics 'What else is New?'
I'm up to my neck in a 6 part music and art project that I've based on Ned Kelly. It's been hanging over my head for awhile now and I'm trying to finish it off...Part of the project requires students...
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Easter Art School Holiday Project
I'm currently trying to develop my Teacher portfolio. It's one of those projects that I have a ton of ideas for, but most of them are still in my head and I'm struggling to get them down onto paper, or...
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Loving something before you've even laid eyes on it
About 15 years ago I read a book called 'Cross Stitch'... I probably should say, I devoured it. A friend had recommended it and left it on my doorstep one day. I can pin point the approximate timing...
View ArticleWounds
I have a wound. On my back; my lower back, where you bend and twist. It hurts. I’ve spent two days in bed and two days sitting because moving hurts, getting up hurts, sitting down hurts. Basically I am...
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10 books - Go!
In much the same way as the Art Meme circulated on Facebook (that I wrote about here), I recently saw a Book Meme that, as a book lover, really appealed to me. Essentially, the instructions were to...
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Outlanderaholic
Thus, Outlanderaholic denotes a person addicted to Outlander...and that is me.I'm trying to remember the last time I seriously watched a TV series requiring a weekly commitment, and never missing an...
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There's no trade week for fans
I've blogged about a variety of topics here but not football, that I can recall. A blog post is usually triggered by something that affects me emotionally...something that causes words and thoughts to...
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Christmas gifts...
On Christmas Eve I received an absolutely perfect gift. It was so unexpected and so perfect. We had Christmas drinks with friends. These friends live in the general direction that my parents live in...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Ron D Moore
Hi Ron & Maril,Thanks for taking on the 'Outlander' project.Thanks for bringing my favourite book/s to life.Thanks for some awesome casting choices.Thanks for allowing me to introduce my husband...
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The Bulldog Breed
I didn’t watch the game last Friday. I was double booked. Our son recorded it and while we were out we checked our phones throughout the game. Our hearts were racing as if we were at the game itself....
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Go, Dog. Go!
Last Thursday night I saw a picture of the book Go, Dog. Go! on Twitter (thanks @planetredmania) and decided my copy of the book would feature in photographs of our journey to Sydney and back for the...
View ArticleGuest post... from a lifelong Doggies fan
My husband wrote an email to his workmates and since it's a new voice I thought I'd share it as a guest post:G’day all. Greeting from Bulldogs central at my place. Huge weekend just passed with driving...
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The Dogs won the Grand Final
Two weeks ago the Western Bulldogs won the Grand Final. The Bulldogs. The Western Bulldogs. Yes, they won the Grand Final! The Doggies. I still need to repeat myself and say it out loud. I even pinch...
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