Big day in Australia with 1000s #MarchingForHumanity. Write to your MP. Write to your Senators. Find who they are, and their emails, here: aph.gov.au/Senators_and_M… You don't need to write an essay, or make it perfect, just write. #auspol #GazaStarving

Bit pissed orf that someone at the studio stole my Laura Tingle mug for months & used it as a paintpot! (Tho' it is a nice shade of blue.) 'Laura Tingle is not having any of your shit' has now had a good scrub, & though she's a bit scratched, she's ready for business. 🫖☕️#newsdesk

For a generation, many people will think of dead & dying children when they think of Israel. Israel is killing equivalent of a classroom of children (28) every day: UNICEF. It's becoming a pariah. It now worries about one thing: sanctions. My new column abc.net.au/news/2025-08-1…

'Sitting by yourself, just you & your work, is the less-ness & loneliness that allows you to hear yourself in stillness. Quieting the noise in the brain needs stillness. It’s a full-volume world, our world.' Jeanette Winterson 🙏open.substack.com/pub/jeanettewi…

Sunrise #running a great start to the day! #elwood #brighton #melbourne

Sunrise #running Scooters poised #pointormond Birds posed #elwoodcanal #melbourne

Huge march today Naarm Melbourne #FreePalestine Fantastic solidarity of spirit and resolve–we will not be silent.

Huge march today with the peaceful, principled people in Naarm Melbourne calling for sanctions and action. Here are a few signs that resonated. Especially moving to see many thanking the group holding the Jews in Solidarity banner. ❤️ #FreePalestine #StoptheGenocide

Heavy morning. #running

Family history 'for sale': my (paternal) g/parents' fmr home. Went through y'day & was a little emotional, esp. thinking of dad. I remember when they sold it for ~$225,000 'a quarter of a million dollars' seemed huge! Listed ~$18million now. #memories domain.com.au/7-harcourt-str…

One Spring I had a run in Meanjin Quarterly & I'm devastated to hear that it will be no more. Funding literary magazines of this calibre is surely worth the $$ in the scheme of Australian #writing culture. Isn't there 'fat' to trim elsewhere? Feeling aghast & sad.

'Almost no (litmags) around the world are financially viable; that’s not their purpose. The point is their cultural value, the role they serve as a platform for ideas & creativity, for writers to hone their craft...' V. sad as a subscriber & contributor. theguardian.com/books/commenti…

On Meanjin Quarterly website, I find this: 'to celebrate our 80th anniversary, we’ve got something special in mind for Meanjin 84.4 Summer 2025—stay tuned.' By 'special' did they really mean 'devastating', 'short-sighted' or 'destructive to Aust's lit culture'?meanjin.com.au/about-meanjin/

Hello Sydney! ✨ Yesterday Bay Run #running This morning Icebergs #swimming In between: family, friends🍷🍹🍺

Despite my last experience here sans wetsuit🪼a few months ago, I joined the Great White Swim Club at #BondiBeach this morning. Joined hands for the mindfulness circle & floated on beautiful 'Lake Bondi'. What a way to start the day though brain a bit dazed afterwards. #swimming

'Together we sometimes reminisce about that blackbird. To us it was Mum, staying on a little longer.' In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko | The Guardian #BoTY #GuardianBirdoftheYear2025 theguardian.com/environment/co…

That's the way Patrick Lenton '...leaving little offerings of crickets in piles (which I was told was better for wild birds than the chicken), taking the time to say “good morning” to every #magpie I see (&) loudly admiring their beautiful songs.'🖤🤍#BoTY theguardian.com/environment/co…

Beyond belief! A space, sky, light, escape, air, wind, birds, vista, clouds, sun, a place. Roofspace, headspace, attic. Relief.