A Nice Place To Be
Sydney Road Community School was an educational experiment that started in the 70s in the Melbourne Suburb of Brunswick. A Nice Place To Be was a documentary about the goals, the issues and the people who were the original players in this experiment.
Where are your children tonight?
It’s funny how you can look back at photos of your children and wonder where that small child went.
The Lottery. The Trailer. The director is who?
My youngest daughter is 14 years old and she is currently studying a short story. The story is The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and first published in 1948. My daughter had to create a Video Trailer as her assignment. Unbelievable, but it did reveal a very interesting thing.
Torta di Ricotta
I don’t know what it is about Ricotta, but I reckon I could eat it all day, for any meal. And I do know there is a way to actually use Ricotta for both savoury and sweet meals. This recipe was my personal favourite. And my mother would always make it for me on special occasions.
Lasagne per 4 personi
Ever since my Mother passed away I have been unable to eat Lasagne. She made it like no one else and no one else’s has ever really come close. My god, she was so proud of it. Thisi is a recipe she wrote down for me on night when she was in hospital.
My daughters’ words
Sometimes you forget who says the most important things to you. The things that can have the most impact. Those that can hurt the most. They are usually the ones that also bring you bring you the most joy. I have two daughters and they say the darndest things.
Good morning world.
In the fields in front of me a herd of sheep happily munched on the grass. It was still. And peaceful. It’s a different world
McNonna’s
Why could no one else capture that special ingredient that she was able to add? I looked in her cupboards, under the sink, but I never found it. Then I realized it’s not that you miss the pie or the cake or the pasta. You miss the ingredient.
They would have been married 60 years
Then abruptly, she would draw deeply on the air in the room and fight for air.
Passed away
Funny term “dead”. It’s very hard to say. I have had a lot of phone calls over the last week. I found it very hard to say “My mother’s dead”. It hurt and didn’t seem quite right. Too blunt and harsh.
It certainly amazes me how many ways of being contacted we have.
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The dog toys we should have
McNonna's
Manheater Brenda does Nelly.
Rhumbaland Sad but beautiful
If I had a boil on my arse, would you still love me?
Mia A short story citizenjoe wrote a few years ago
Suck up that Feed
Salon: One of the Finest online Magazines. Beautifull writing.
Plan-A: It's my serious site.
TechCrunch: To keep up with things.
Wired Online: Good coverage of news and gadgets.
A List Apart: Great writing about Web Standards.
Smashing Magazine: Online design magazine.
BoingBoing: There's always something interesting
CONTRIBUTORS
citizenjoe has been around for quite a long time and when I say he has been around, I mean he has been around. He likes writing and enjoys hanging out with this motley bunch of characters.
Lionel Gherkin is a sad sack with good reason, the poor bastard. You can read why in Rhumbaland. Often described as a love story gone terribly wrong. But then that's been Lionel's life to date.
Along for the ride is Shelby Wright. Shelby is ahighly respected and well-to-do-man-about-town. He is the group's cultural attache; its conscience but not really its heart.
And let's not forget Brenda Spoon. The lovely of the group. She a humourous bone that'll grab you like a meat hook and then tenderise like a piece of steak. People tell me she's hilarious; and who knows, one day I may even laugh at them.
The images are from Mad Men Yourself