The covid-19 pandemic has shown us what we have always known but mostly choose to ignore; that we live in uncertainty and unexpected events can happen at any time. The next half century will have many of these unexpected events relating to disease, climate, famine, war, and pollution. …

I have been fascinated with Keanu Reeves for a long time. I think he might be the only actor that I truly bother admiring. I love that he spanned Bill and Ted and the Matrix, inhabiting those iconic roles at the polar opposite end of some continuum with funny feel…

There is a collective grieving happening. A grieving for what we thought our lives were, before the coronavirus and lockdown. I am grieving something that I am finding difficult to name. Innocence perhaps? I want this experience to mean something. To mark the beginning of something important. But am I…

During this pandemic crisis I came down with a really bad head cold that lasted a few days replete with lots of sneezing, nasal congestion and general lethargy. This was not unusual for me in the springtime. …

Arthur liked to tinker with engines. All engines really, but aeroplanes in particular. When the new plane arrived he set to taking it apart and putting it back together again. Conditions in the far north of Australia were hot and harsh. He had to modify the original design of both…

Bammm. The meteor hits the earth. A few dinosaurs are killed outright. Those that avoided death by meteor happily go back to grazing or hunting unaware that a major ecological change is also happening and that their death is imminent. Sixty six million years later… It is your job to…

It was 9 am Monday morning and I settled in the back of a strategy roadshow clutching my coffee. The CEO of the organisation was getting ready to speak. I sat down and looked around. There was a quiet sense of anticipation. Folk looked fresh and ready to listen. Great…

I was sitting on my couch earlier today. Princess T, who is 4 and changes her outfit at least as many times as that per day and little L, who follows her around like a shadow but tries to avoid being dressed up (18months) were playing downstairs in their room. …