I enjoy looking through my file of stories from more than 20 years as a journalist. This week, I came across a double-page spread I did for the Sunday Herald Sun, ‘Hot in 2006’, published on ...
https://carondann.com/2018/05/05/time-capsule-2006-purple-walkman-anyone/
I like to know things. I was that annoying kid who kept asking, ‘But why?’. I’m still asking that question—but if it’s anything to do with bureaucracy, administration or everyday proble...
https://carondann.com/2018/03/24/stuff-you-should-be-able-to-find-out-but-cant/
I always thought it odd when I’d come across a lapsed blog that had seemed full of enthusiasm, and to which the writer had posted regularly (even daily), until, one day…nothing. No announceme...
https://carondann.com/2018/03/01/why-do-people-suddenly-stop-blogging/
We don’t have a garden as such, but there is a small L-shaped area through sliding doors, big enough for a collapsible washing line, a table and four chairs, one long narrow garden bed and some...
https://carondann.com/2017/03/12/look-what-we-grew-in-our-courtyard-garden/
Recently, a friend and I went to the David Hockney exhibition ‘Current’ in Melbourne. Known as the UK’s greatest living artist, Hockney, who turns 80 this year, is a master at embracing the...
https://carondann.com/2017/02/08/when-the-worlds-gone-mad-theres-always-art/
I haven’t been posting much lately—that’s because I’ve been so flat out with work that I’ve hardly had time to do anything else. But I have a couple of weeks now with just a few hours a...
https://carondann.com/2016/12/24/this-is-a-bit-more-fun-than-writing-lectures/
Here is a picture of my cat, Lucy Locket, that I did this week. It’s scratchboard (appropriate for a cat as subject) with Derwent Inktense ink sticks. She’s a sweet little thing, isn’t she?...
https://carondann.com/2016/09/15/study-of-aloofness-as-only-a-cat-can-do-it/
Here is my latest art work, based on a photo I took at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. I’ve been to the Grand Palace at least 20 times, and it never ceases to amaze me with its vibrant c...
While walking to the train station on my way to work each day, I see a strange sight. It’s a notice on this seat to warn people that it has just been repainted: The only problem is, that seats ...
https://carondann.com/2016/08/07/everyday-mysteries-1-what-goes-up-but-never-comes-down/
I catch public transport to and from work, and I often see people on the train who are on their way to the airport, bags in tow. Tow is right—most of them have such enormous suitcases, I don’...
https://carondann.com/2016/05/28/what-i-will-never-do-again-when-travelling/