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Supporting an over-worked partner
My boyfriend, undertaking his intern year as a doctor, has spent the last four weeks or so on a particularly gruelling and unforgiving rotation.
The best vego food in Adelaide
If you are searching for a sustainable, healthy, and delicious café than look no further than the Foodprint Experience Café at the Joinery.
On dissents and rest, and the notorious RBG
I’ve always looked up to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. So much of the doctoral research I am conducting is fuelled by the trails she has blazed. To me she is a beacon of hope, and so I was particularly saddened by her passing in September. Like many others, I was getting increasingly worried about her health over the past several months. Hospitalisation was becoming more frequent. What would we do without her, without her voice, without her toughness, without her bravery, without her dissents?
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Adelaide Farmer's Markets
One of the benefits of living in Wayville is (beyond being super close to the city), the proximity to the weekly Adelaide Farmer’s Markets, held every Sunday morning at the Adelaide Showgrounds.
Review: Gone Girl
This might sound counter-intuitive to any readers who have actually watched the film, but I find David Fincher’s 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl oddly soothing to watch.
What music does to our brain
Music can have a powerful impact on us. It can affect our brain and soul in ways we sometimes can’t explain. Some of us might find ourselves tearing up to a particular song that might remind us of something or someone or bring a smile to our face with the particular feeling that summer brings, a night out, or recollections of that amazing concert. Music brings back memories. But it can also have significant cognitive effects on us.
The organiser
It can be tough to find yourself as the ‘organiser’ for events and activities.
Getting even older
Someone asked me if they were allowed to come into the tutorial room. I shrugged and said, “beats me”. They looked surprised, and said “Oh, so you’re not…” I smiled at them and shook my head. I’ve never been mistaken for a tutor before, it was a pretty weird experience. It made me realise I’m not as young as I used to be.
Sleeping troubles
I have recently really been struggling with getting some shut eye and it's starting to wear me down.
'Christodora' and the New York novel canon
Christodora, Tim Murphy's 2016 debut novel, is the latest in the 'New York novel' canon: it deals with addiction, trauma, family relationships, LGBTQI+ identity, and the search for connection in a world that seeks to divide.
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