Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
And 2024 begins! Around two decades ago I used to photograph the New Year’s Day sunrise at Bronte Beach in eastern Sydney, or do some other ritual thing. The photo above is from 2005. However my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 January 2024 was just a quiet one at home, mostly.
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And so ends 2023. My week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 December 2023 was quiet enough. I produced a podcast and pondered the future, but that’s about it. I’ll reflect more upon 2023 during the coming week. Promise.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 709: Closing off the Year of the Magpies, although other things probably happened as well”
Happy New Year! My week of Monday 26 December 2022 to Sunday 1 January 2023 was appropriately lazy for the time of year. I’m thrilled that my crowdfunding campaign reached its first two targets — but the MacBook Pro that is being replaced was put to sleep for the final time, creating one final irritation.
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My week of Monday 3 to Sunday 9 January 2022 included very little productivity apart from the Quiz and the Pozible campaign, but that was quite enough for the first full week of a new year. That’s what I say. Anyway, it was another soggy week of La Niña so I didn’t really go anywhere.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 606: Nothing more than a cardoon version of reality, but with rain”
My week of Monday 27 December 2021 to Sunday 2 January 2022 was a very lazy one, although I did produce a podcast. I also received some exotic goods, difficult to obtain in Australia. But I was so lazy I didn’t even post this Weekly Wrap until Monday. How lazy is that!
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This time last year it was all about bushfire smoke. But this year my transition week of Monday 28 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021 saw almost continual light rain as La Niña made her presence felt, and continued concerns over that little ol’ global pandemic.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 553: Lichen, La Niña, and lingering fears as 2020 recedes into the past”