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OMG. What am I doing with my life? Letting go, it seems…
OMG! What am I doing with my life? The DIY Guide to creating a life and work you love is a short introduction (with a very long title, admittedly) to sorting out what it is you exactly want out of life. Complete with exercises that will get you on your way
Brilliant! Guerrilla crafters strike again in Pomona (Qld, Australia)
In December, I wrote about stumbling across some guerrilla craft adorning a post in my nearby town of Pomona (Qld, Australia). Well, knock me over with a crochet hook, they’ve been at it again this week and the results are spectacular. The little nature strip at the entrance to the main street has been beautified [...]
More unexpected moments in street art: Craft graffiti in Pomona and Rogue Cosies in Brisbane
I love finding unexpected moments of knitting and crochet on the streets. My favourite is Rogue Cosie who has adorned the streets of Brisbane (Australia), San Francisco, Boston and New York (and I’m sure more…) with crocheted and knitted (?) delights. My favourite installations are the thanksgiving turkeys in SF and duck shawls in Boston. [...]
Unexpected moments in street art: So you think you can graff and manga girls
I’ve had a couple of “WTF Wow!” moments recently where I’ve encountered street art (graffiti, aerosol art) in either unexpected places (such as Brisbane’s way-outer suburb, Victoria Point*) or with unexpected content (such as the bondage manga girls in Newtown). I not only love the disruptions these two pieces had in my city wanderings, but [...]
Best chocolate croissant ever at Oxford St Bakery in Bulimba (Brisbane)
Here’s some food porn for your Sunday morn… I have a thing for chocolate croissants. It’s a perfect food. One that you would imagine could never go wrong. Chocolate + Croissant = Sublime experience. But my friends, it so often does goes wrong. I have sampled hundreds of these humble treats in my life and [...]
Up The Coast: A history of the Sunshine Coast through photos, art, memorabilia.
Up The Coast exhibition: Final day today at the Cooroy Butter Factory If you’re up the coast today be sure to check out the exhibition on display at the Cooroy Butter Factory. Up The Coast: Our Stories, Our Collections brings together memorobilia, art and photos that tell the stories of the Sunshine Coast as a [...]
Joy Retro Disco remembers DJ Mandy Rollins 1968 – 2010 : Shine On mate
Tonight, we remember Mandy Rollins. Early last month news reached me that Sydney DJ and event promoter, Mandy Rollins, was missing. It is believed that she took her own life on 4th September 2010. I was mates with Mandy when she lived in Brisbane in the early 90s. We shopped and swapped tunes. We DJ’d [...]
These are a few of my (100) favourite things: The 100 thing challenge
I’ve been living between two homes recently. As they are over 100km apart and I travel by public transport most of the time, I’ve become very selective in what I lug between the two places in my backpack. It’s had me asking myself, “What physical possessions do I really need?” Kelly Sutton, over at The [...]
VALE Cootie 1993 – 2010
One of our family, Cootie, left us today. Cootie’s been part of my life for 17 years. She came to me as a wee kitten (with her sister Dusty) when I lived at Gloucester St and has been a constant figure in the kitchen, and on the couch, through a succession of houses, flatmates, towns [...]
When Pride is Not a Sin: Prejudice and Pride exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane
I wrote this a few months ago after seeing the heart-swellingly wonderful Prejudice and Pride exhibition in Brisbane. The exhibition finishes on 17th October 2010 … I had a few hours spare while in Brisbane on a Saturday afternoon recently and decided to check out the Prejudice and Pride exhibition that’s currently on at the [...]
