The Dark Is Rising: Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper The first in a series of five in a series long recognised as a masterpiece of children’s fiction. I was given all five when the children were in upper primary school but they never read them. Some years ago I read this first one and enjoyed it. Somehow I lost most of them - misguided book … [Read more...] about Books Read May 2023
Australiana: Designing a Nation
In Bendigo to see Melbourne Opera's Ring Cycle we dropped into the Bendigo Art Gallery to check out this exhibition which was on between 18 March to 23 June 2023. According to the gallery website it promised to survey the iconography of Australiana in art and design through key chapters in our history through to the present day. This painting by … [Read more...] about Australiana: Designing a Nation
Alexander McQueen Exhibition
As I write this towards the end of April I feel as though I've been stuck at home for the past four months, but in truth, I've still managed to do quite a bit - always in the third week of a chemotherapy round. Which is when, for the first three cycles anyway, I felt reasonably well. First outing was to the Alexander McQueen exhibition at the NGV. … [Read more...] about Alexander McQueen Exhibition
Books Read 2023
As you can see these three books are very old - having been owned by my mother. And it was a trip down memory lane reading them at the start of this year. All by Frances Parkinson Keyes, they were best-sellers in their heyday. If Ever I Cease To Love **** They are all set in New Orleans and you get a great sense of that society in the late … [Read more...] about Books Read 2023
Books Read 2022 – A Complete Inventory
Just for completeness, here are all the books I read in 2022. With gradings to boot. Some of which have been challenged by those with whom I've shared this list. I try to judge each book on its own merits unrelated to others - as has been pointed out, comparisons are not really possible because one is not comparing apples with apples. Nevertheless … [Read more...] about Books Read 2022 – A Complete Inventory
Latest Books 2022
These are the final books I read in 2022 - that I haven't blogged about until now due to my life being interrupted by Cancer Redux which I've started to write about here, although much more has taken place. Just to prove how anal retentive I am, I felt I must finish my blogging about books in 2022! Three, Valerie Perrin I’d really liked the … [Read more...] about Latest Books 2022