encounter of a greener kind

Submitted by digitalkulcha (not verified) on Wed, 29/07/2009 - 13:35

Abbotsford Convent MelbourneAbbotsford Convent MelbourneI am blessed to have a tiny office in the Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne. It stopped operating as a nunnery in the 1990s. It was originally set up in 1856 to support 'fallen women'. Now it is one of Melbourne's premiere creative precincts. My office (like many others here) used to be a cloister for Good Shepherd nuns."Get thee to a nunnery' now has very special connotations for moi.

To get here I have to walk through the Studley Park bushland which means my daily walking companions are lorikeets, ducks and other miscellaneous feathered and non-feathered creatures. This morning however, I came across a crew of young, fluorescent clad folk. They were from Greening Australia and were heaving, hoeing and shoveling mountain loads of mulch as part of a revegetation of the Yarra banks project.

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What a thrill to come across such wonderful, quiet endeavours that are changing our world one shovel full at a time. THUMBS UP FOLKS!!! You made my day.

"there's a crack in everything..."

Submitted by digitalkulcha (not verified) on Thu, 23/07/2009 - 23:49

"...there is a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

Leonard Cohen

 

It's Work (really!)

I spend an inordinate amount of time in front of the computer screen. I call it 'Work' (with a capital WOO). It's easier that way because people tend to leave me alone. Just between you and moi it's not all 'Work-with-a-capital-W'. Sometimes, I call it 'Research' and at other times it's Professional Development. Thankfully, I now have added another whole galaxial layer I can blame for my absence from family weddings/christenings/reunions. It's called Social Media. It too is ascribed the special capital letter status.

Social Media now means I 'need to' stay in touch all the time with a virtual constituency or I risk becoming irrelevant or worse redundant (especially if you are a twitchety twitterer...the motto which seems to be 'you are only as good as your last twitter').

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Submitted by digitalkulcha (not verified) on Sun, 19/07/2009 - 08:59

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Alas, the final night of Masterchef Australia is regretably upon us. To think about what we will do after it is gone is too much to contemplate (maybe we might turn to the dude next to us and talk to him/her for the first time in two months...but then again....).