Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
Posted in creatures, miscellaneous on May 10th, 2008
Long ago I read that families tend to rotate only about 10 recipes, even if the ten change from time to time. So I’ve been working on finding ten or so vegetarian main dishes that I really like as a way of increasing the number of vegetarian meals we eat. I decided to put the […]
Posted in miscellaneous, photographs on Jan 4th, 2008
I’m getting a lot of pleasure from growing some veges this summer. The beautiful subtle colours in these red cos lettuces are amazing. The camera only captures some of them.
Posted in creatures, miscellaneous on Aug 20th, 2007
A crow was casting a hopeful eye at our ducks yesterday, and said I thought it was too early for it to be expecting any eggs yet, with spring still some weeks away. This morning, there was the first egg of the season. Crows are most amazing! I brought the egg inside and then managed […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Jun 22nd, 2007
Not the best look when you are coming up to 54. So much for mopping the kitchen floor.
Posted in miscellaneous on May 31st, 2007
My dear friend Amy has linked me into Ken Newsome’s experimental rebuilding of his reading list. Thanks, Amy. It’s strange to think its just coming up to 9 years - 9 years! - since I was setting off with such overwhelming excitement and sense of adventure to visit Amy and other online friends in the […]
Posted in environment, miscellaneous, news, politics, technology on May 5th, 2007
Turnbull says IPCC report backs government position: The government asserts black is white (again). Breathtaking. Peter Garret, the Opposition Environment Minister, is not hitting back hard enough with things like this. I’m not sure why, because he is articulate and knows his stuff. On present form his predecessor, Anthony Albanese would be better. I was […]
Posted in books, miscellaneous on Apr 22nd, 2007
Dickens World will open in May. I wonder how it will pan out? And what the state-of-the-art animatronic show is? Wasn’t there someone developing a virtual world, a la Second Life, based on Dickens, or did I dream it up? I can’t find it on Google.
Amy gives us an interpretive reading of a 1907 text […]
Posted in miscellaneous, news, politics on Apr 21st, 2007
Doctor making her mark: an encouraging piece about a program that is creating awareness and a platform for culture change in attitudes towards women within the Australian Footbal League. A similar program has been implemented by National Rugby League:
KAREN WILLIS: The NRL has said, “We don’t accept violence against women, and we think this is […]
Posted in miscellaneous, news on Apr 17th, 2007
Here are three biology-related stories that I have found interesting in the last few days.
Great Turtle Race: up-beat site championing action to save the critically endangered leatherback turtles. The turtles have been tagged and you can monitor online their swim from Costa Rica to The Galapagos Islands. Only 59 turtles came to the beach this […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Feb 20th, 2007
Waxing sentimental over first transistor radios and other devices.