in our back room: Rob, Guthrie (all the way from London), Llyn & Iain. There was a bit of afternoon drama as we were sitting around talking and Nemo snuck into next door’s 2 story guinea pig cage and abducted one of the babies. Blood was shed but I think the little fella will survive.
Photo of Clarion veterans taken at Balmoral yesterday: Me, Susan Wardle, Wendy Waring, Chris Barnes and Nathan Burrage. Wendy and Keenan have bought a house in France. Apparently it’s a helluva lot cheaper than buying one in Sydney these days.
Earlier this week my fellow Clarion South classmate Alinta Thornton lost her battle with cancer. She died at home with her partner Julian and close friends by her side. Alinta’s funeral will be held tomorrow, 11.30 am, at the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park and Chapel, Military Road, Matraville, Sydney. The Service will be held in the West Chapel.
This is the best photograph I ever took of her.
Continue Reading...Went out for a terrific Mexican dinner at Cafe Pacifico last night to celebrate the fact of Jonathan Strahan passing through Sydney en route to World Fantasy Convention which, sadly, I’m unable to attend myself this year.
The place was fun, noisy and packed. Checking out all the stylish outfits worn by other diners, I was reminded of how vastly different culture-wise Sydney is from Wollongong.
Occasionally I have moments of thinking I might like to move back to Sydney one day, just to be closer to ‘stuff’.
Then I remember that getting away from ‘stuff’ and its myriad distractions was kinda why I moved down the coast in the first place.
Rob, Terry, Adrian, Nick & Jonathan
On Saturday we had visitors, Ali and her sons J & K. Ali and I used to live together in various share house arrangements over the years.
The boys were very taken with the dragon
and by the millions of cool toys our house contains
If you can’t impress small boys with your toy collection then you’re collecting it wrong, I say!
