Sue James

Revisiting Brideshead

Sue — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:27 +0000

I’ve recently finished re-reading Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh – and re-watching on DVD the 1981 BBC TV series, produced by Granada Television.

Brideshead Revisited is probably Evelyn Waugh’s…

The Storyteller

Sue — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:52:18 +0000

Unshaved, unkempt,
black nails, black teeth
and an old, tattered coat.
You’d dismiss him as derelict
and walk straight past.
Yet when he spoke

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From Quiet Homes …

SueAdmin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:35:02 +0000

“From quiet homes and first beginning,
out to the undiscovered ends,
there’s nothing worth the wear of winning,
but laughter and the love of friends.”

Hilaire

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Hit and Myth

Sue — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:04:45 +0000

Today I left something undone that I wish I had done – though perhaps others may say I’m foolish to think so.

I was driving into the Dandenongs (a…

Thankless Thinking

Sue — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:19:22 +0000

I’ve become aware recently there’s a phenomenon in our society that I call “thankless thinking”.

A couple of weeks back I’d been browsing through a shop and on impulse,…

Stopped and Dropped

Sue — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:14:54 +0000

It’s strange how sometimes you can drop your bundle with something, and not really know why. For me, it’s been my “blogging bundle”.

Ok, so the month or two…

A Journey Shared

Sue — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:03:30 +0000

Last weekend I returned to a place I’d not visited in almost ten years.

Brunton’s Bridge is a glorious spot on the Thompson River in Victoria. It lies about…

An Online Hosting Team

Sue — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:06:26 +0000

I have been immersed in arranging the “hosting team” and schedule for the online component of the 2009 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference, coming up in November.

There was…

Serendipity

Sue — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:20:29 +0000

I was going through some old files and came across a poem I wrote a number of years ago about the joy of chance encounters.

It was written after…

Dreaming of World Peace

Sue — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:59:13 +0000

World peace .. does that sometimes seem an impossible dream?

Maybe.

We’re all human. We get cranky and annoyed. People irritate us – their actions hurt or anger us.…