SubscribeThis is a photo of this evening’s labour. My first attempt at baking in this kitchen, with this oven since the move but more importantly for me it’s shortbread complete with my grandmother’s pricking technique.
It may not have been so evenly spread but for a first batch in several years it smells amazing.
The View from Down Here
The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair
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Bake sale
media behaving badly
When Sol Trujillo accused Australians of being racist; we told him “Adios’ and proceeded to have a debate amongst ourselves nationally about whether we are in fact racist.
When The Chaser aired the skit attempting to humourise the plight of kids with cancer and the charities supporting them; healthy debate (whatever the result) flared up about [...]
Views from the edges Part 1
I was there yesterday. squeezed into the back of the church for the funeral of one of my inspirations; Matt Laffan That was hard. The fact he was only 7 years older than me and died of complications from his disability is even harder.
taught by kurt
Last night watched Kurt Fernley on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. Kurt is apparently a qualified teacher, a guy a little younger than me who grew up an hour and a half or so from where I did and had three older brothers. He has had two lucky escapes from car-related accidents and eventually wants [...]
The Missing model?
Some may see this as patronizing but it does show me a move evolved disability consciousness. Even if that is only to contemplate such shows as this.
PB’s comment was a simple one “I reckon we’re about 30 years behind them”.
Indeed.
Australia 2020
Ok, so I am a bit late commenting on this I know but last weekend the Rudd government hosted the Australia 2020 summit. An exercise in listening to a handpicked collection of 1000 Australians for new ideas or re-hashed old ideas. In the words of Russell Skelton:
For one weekend a national conversation took place about [...]
Earth Hour 2008
This was written initially on paper at the time it is stamped with.
I write this by candlelight. In and of itself that may not be odd for me. But at least some of the rest of Sydney will be doing whatever it is they do by similar light or by none at all. For it [...]
Update on media behaving badly
As a follow up from yesterday’s post comes this outlining some of the fall out from “Dancing with the Stars”; including comment from Gerrard and his wife, Heather.
It includes some advice from Gerrard for the judges:
“I know I make a lot of mistakes as a dancer, and I’m happy for Todd and the judges to [...]