After two weeks of: back to back meetings; looming deadlines; computers with blocked sites (five minutes after workshop attendees sat down to start); a book launch; book deliveries; invoicing; a…
The other night I once again fell victim to the attraction of the dome, particularly humanoid dome-like shapes. When in the vicinity of a human dome my right arm moves…
Back in the daylight hours, I was reminded that while we may try to be the rulers of our own domain, we have no control over what our neighbours do, or who they invite…
Last week I found myself in a Perth establishment that said it offered ‘the Byron Bay favourite’ … LSD. © The Ponder Room I have to admit that my…
…marketing had however made it to …Drunken Dans, complete with signage, a cork (or is that an advertising balloon) on the roof and a drive-through section.The Ponder RoomHowever The Tuck Inn…
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Telethon House takes several months, and The Block contestants are going to take 10 weeks evidently, meanwhile …Back in 1916 work began on…
… perhaps the unicorn ride home came after an evening at the pub, or ….The Ponder Roomor the ‘Night Club’ although it seems to have it’s own transport system on…
A public transport system … beautifully marketed as Unicorns …Oh come on who hasn’t found themselves waiting in a Perth taxi queue dreaming of a white unicorn transporting them home …. or…
To coincide with the launch of Me Time: 100 strategies and tips for guilt free Me Time, there will be a Me Time workshop held at The Inspiration Factory. The details are:Where:…
Stop Press: Okay this psychic blogging is getting a tad creepy now. I wrote this post very late on Friday night and scheduled it to appear 9am Monday. After reading…
Last year I was chuffed to attend Tim Fergusons Cheeky Monkey Comedy Writing Course at the Byron Bay Writers Festival. An all day interactive workshop based on his book of…
As half the population evacuates metropolitan Perth, and tags onto the Easter car conga line to the south west, I thought I’d give this gentle reminder …Many years ago I spent three years driving…
Late Friday night I wrote about John John Florence flying high in the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro (see link). Knowing my Saturday would be extremely busy I scheduled the…
It’s that time of year again when I remember back to weekends spent body surfing, and ponder what might have been had I … had sun-friendly olive skin, more obedient hair, a…
This year over 200,000 locals and tourists flocked to Cottesloe Beach to see the collection of 70 original sculptures from West Australian, interstate and international artists. However if you went to…
Earlier we profiled James’s first book The Last Viking link. Some of you may also know his work from the front of the Quokka. I’m thrilled to report that he’s…
Friday night was the Australian premier of Staff Benda Bilili at the Perth Festival Gardens. The blurb suggested it would be a night of life affirming music, of Congolese rumba…
STOP PRESS: There are now three options for purchasing this book, go to the ‘Books By Me’ tab for more information.For the writers amongst us, you’ll know all about the months spent…
