May 4th, 2013
I recently picked up NMAA Cooks Again - a fundraising cookbook put out by the Nursing Mothers’ Association of Australia in 1983 – for the princely sum of $2. The section ‘Just Me: Cooking for One Person’ seems rather applicable to the typical PhD student. Many people ordinarily live alone; many people find themselves temporarily living alone; [...]
Apr 13th, 2013
I wrote about Poppy* the other day. I had not meant to; at least, I had not sat down at my desk with her in mind. But as I nosed out a research theme, her stories brimmed up in connection. When later I reviewed what I had written, I wondered what she would think to [...]
Mar 31st, 2013
At train stations, the crackling tannoy announcing a delay is always heard with displeasure. People grunt, frown, sigh. They pace the platform or irritably flick open newspapers. They mutter to one another over firmly folded arms. Waiting is not something that people like to do. News of a wait is often delivered as an apology [...]
Mar 24th, 2013
John Armstrong (2003). Conditions of Love: The Philosophy of Intimacy. Penguin: London. As dedicated readers of this blog may have noted, I could be accused of philosophically Romantic tendencies. I appreciate the maudlin solitude of a bracing stroll, find divinity in discarded feathers and tut at Enlightenment rationality. But I am at little risk of [...]
