I shouldn’t be thinking about work right now…

But I was talking to a work mate the other day about ligature and kerning and other terms to do with typography. When I started to explain these things to her, I realised there were some serious gaps in my knowledge.  Sure I know some basics that I learned in the early days of Desk…

And now for some photos

I usually write here but would like to introduce some photos from our daily life.  Well, when you have a cat or two, they really do rule the house.  Speedy and Jose Gonzalez are two amazing brothers who came into our lives via the local vet who had rescued them.  After nearly a year with…

NaNoWriMo here I come

I have signed up for National Novel Writing Month. If I can hardly ever blog, how ever will I manage to write 50,000 words in a month? November will be a busy month with renovations, work, a long weekend away and 50,000 words to write. I don't even have a topic. Oh dear. Nothing to…

Santiago Chile – 3 May 2009

We are in Santiago and getting ready to fly to San Pedro de Atacama (Calama) this arvo.  Our flight from Mendoza to here was canceled as it is a small airport with  no health screening facilities for the Swine Flu.  So we had a fantastic bus ride during daylight hours over the Andes!  It was…

Eating alone, finishing a book, changing jobs

Well, I am off to Canberra for business this week. That means eating alone and getting lots of reading done. I have a book to finish, The Way the Crow Flies by Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald. It's just over 700 pages long and I am 6/7ths of the way there! I read a previous book…