All posts in category Culture

Uganda

A shout out to my inlaws who have been living in Uganda for the last year… you can read what they have been up to. Paragraph alert! They are back in 5 weeks, hooray!

The myth of results

I’m terribly sorry to have stolen a whole whopper of a quote off Simon Moyle (and consequently Thomas Merton, oh whom I am rather a fan) but this is too valuable not to share. On February 15 Forest wrote that he was in a bleak mood; no one seemed to be listening to CPF (Catholic [...]

Guess Who?

This is really somewhat random, but if you want to breathe new life into your Guess Who game (yes the one with flip up faces – Frans, Peter, Jill and such) pull it out and play it with stereotypes – with another adult. It’s amazing how well it works.

Finders Keepers March 2011

Finders Keepers was dandy. I went with my friend Sam on the Saturday and after braving the masses of Collingwood fans we made it down to Shed 4 whereby I had an epic coughing fit and probably disturbed more than just the people infront of me in the lunch line. The food area was much [...]

The Magic Flute

Tonight my sister and I are going to see The Magic Flute. I have never been to the opera, but I grew up with this one in some form of tape (I think!) and as Laura and I are turning 25 in not too long, it seems fitting to celebrate in some vaguely indulgent, grown [...]