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I’ve caught a break but not my breath
I’m working at both jobs today, but I did get to sleep in a little. I’m also sitting at my desk with a hot tea on this fine, chilly morning, and so I’m getting a little bit of peace after… Continue reading
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Sleep, Work, Sleep—Rinse Repeat
This is the most I’ve worked since 2018, and it’s both great and exhausting. Great because I’m doing something and earning money, and am getting a bit more fit from it, but exhausting because it’s almost completely just manual labour.… Continue reading
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Has anyone seen my weekend?
A Covid-positive entered my place of employment last week, and at first Queensland health deemed it a casual contact and so we were going to be fine. And then they updated that to a close contact and the store is… Continue reading
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I know that’s what I said, but …
I have a stack of books waiting to be read and a stack of books that I started reading … and I bought a small stack from the Lifeline bookfest. And one of them speaks to me a lot more… Continue reading
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I have been Distracted
Today, my day starts about now. I woke up later than normal, getting out of bed around 8:30, and then I started cleaning, the new printer and whiteboard arrived, and then I got hungry so I started baking and then… Continue reading
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History of Meanjin — a Starting Point
Before I go and start borrowing books on it, I wanted to check online resources, as they’re sometimes a better place to find a culmination of information that’s otherwise been ignored by standard places of education and knowledge—that information being… Continue reading
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Hiding What We Love Doing
Do other artists feel compelled to hide what they’re doing, even from those they’re close to? Sometimes I just think it’s because I kept my work so private for so long, but there are a lot of other creative areas… Continue reading
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The Limit
I think I reached my limit on Saturday. I spent Sunday either asleep, at the Lifeline bookfest or basically asleep at my desk. Mentally and physically, I was exhausted. Luckily, I feel a bit refreshed. And though it feels a… Continue reading
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This week?
I spent about four hours at the bookfest today and had a three hour nap afterwards. I am officially exhausted and feeling old. Stay tuned. Continue reading
Hopfield is Writing 