NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 2 Journal

Today’s soundtrack: Wintersun – The Forest Seasons. Again. I’m going to see them live in concert soon, so I am trying to memorise as many of the lyrics from the new album as I can. Current word count: 1,883/50,000 words.   It’s 11⁰C (51.8⁰F) outside. The ground is damp and soggy after a heavy rainfall …

October Update: Recovering from the ‘flu, NaNoWriMo and books

It’s a fine spring day here in south-east Melbourne, Australia. There is an intense bite to the sunshine as it wavers through the thick clouds and pallid sky, and a damp, chilly breeze gusts up at frequent intervals. I can’t decide if I’m feeling too hot or too cold as I type at my outdoor …

2017 Book Reading Challenge 10: Australian Science

Title: The Best Australian Science Writing 2011 Author: Edited by Stephen Pincock Publisher: NewSouth Publishing Location of publisher: Sydney Year of publication: 2011 Number of pages: 222 Fiction or nonfiction: Nonfiction Have I read this book before? No Date I finished reading it: 23 February 2017 Genres: Science, essays. Astronomy, biology, palaeontology, climate, infectious diseases, mental …

New old book for the collection

Strolling past the charity second-hand store earlier this week (always a dangerous temptation!), I noticed this 1989 edition of The Australian Wildlife Year by Reader's Digest Australia on the $1 table. A full-colour, hardcover reference book, it now lives on the shelf next to The Wildlife Year (1991, Reader's Digest London), which my grandparents bought for …