SubscribeI’m just back from a five day trip to Melbourne with PB.
It was largely a good trip – more play than work. It was nice to spend time with PB and have time not to rush. We both love Melbourne, the culture, the conversational opportunities, the coffee and the shopping.
The excuse was the birthday [...]
The View from Down Here
The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair
Category: self
type cast
The end of this piece sounds like a promotional piece. It’s not. No sponsorship is in place.
When I was in primary school I had a simple text-book on touch typing or at least typing efficiently with one hand. It wasn’t really a text-book in the traditional sense; rather a case of 100 typed pages, [...]
on reading on writing
If I’m honest. I’ve always fancied myself as a one time writer. I have visions of filling notebooks, of sitting in a corner somewhere expressing myself in hard-fought-for phrases that somehow become morphed into sage or entertaining prose that would somehow, one day either pay the bills, or earn respect. My “vision” is as varied [...]
alls well
I feel truly blessed. I’ve had two weeks of interesting conversations, strong connection and social stimulation.
One such blessing: the weekend just gone was filled with beautiful food, organic food markets, conversations about social and environmental responsibility and change management, tree planting laughter, love and hope.
We asked these friends; a couple nicknamed here VW and VM [...]
Bake sale
This 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.
hiatus
I’m in the throws of moving house. If you ever saw the ad promoting the Australian internet provider, showing a young woman on a couch while using her laptop as two workmen carry her out, that pretty much describes the flat today and the last few days. You see I only found out that I [...]
A SAD state of affairs
It seems flaky to admit it, but the weather is screwing with my mood. I didn’t think I was ever going to admit to anything like Seasonal Affected Disorder. However the weather here in Sydney lately has been so crazy and humid like I think I have to.
I recognise though that SAD and other similar [...]
now published
It was a strange day earlier this week when one evening PB teased me with the dreaded “surprise”.
Buried in the caboose was a copy of the October issue of Link magazine. Published five times a year Link is “Australia’s leading national cross-disability magazine.” Lo and behold an edited version of the organic fruit blog post [...]
la vie passionnée
In one line, she challenged me.
With 6 words she made me stop and reconsider.
I have been challenged today. Challenged away from advocacy to participation. True participation. The embracing of life.. Beyond all the rhetoric I have been sprouting about living for the now.
tissues in heaven
I’ve come to the conclusion that lately tissues have become my best companions.
I’m on day 11 (at least) of the lastest cold sweeping Sydney. Like most colds on me, this one has stayed firmly a head cold. Smell is a distant memory. So is taste. For all the nervous jibes about swine flu, which this [...]
whistling pipes
the view from the tub
Yesterday, for various reasons I could barely move. After a restless night tossing and turning with back pain I could not get out of bed. In addition, I had quite literaly a pain in the bottom. This makes sitting in a wheelchair even more challenging than usual, Unfortunately being in bed [...]
