Travels in Little America

My Wandering Days

[13.Mar.07] :. Our intrepid traveller summarizes many journeys past, as she prepares for another in Bengal.

Women of the Evolution: (Another) Discussion of Chick Lit

[20.Feb.07] :. If literary genres were a feast, chick lit would be the coconut soufflé. Dessert, anyone?

A New Year’s Career

[15.Jan.07] :. Mental note: sincerity doesn't count for much in the job-hunting game.

Five Years’ Moldering, Now

[2.Jan.07] :. As in all the human rights violations going on at Guantánamo Bay, the US has, with Australia's help, betrayed its traditions of upholding civil and international rights to rationalise its (in)actions in David Hick's case.

Bridesmaids Revisited

[21.Nov.06] :. Take it from someone who knows, really knows; bridesmaiding is not glamorous work, but a hard slog at buffering the bride and groom in the social occasion war zone -- you are putting your body on the line.

Reel Australia

[18.Oct.06] :. Hummel used to dread, simply dread, Australian-made films. But a number of recently discovered intelligent, evocative films have her singing her creative countrymen's praises. Here are some movies you shouldn't miss.

I Am / We Are / You May or May Not Be, Depending

[21.Sep.06] :. Maybe it's quite enough to try to sell the idea of Australia as a 'somewhat tolerant' country rather than a 'multicultural' one, with all the latter's suggestions of actual unity.

Little Americans: They’re Everywhere!

[7.Aug.06] :. There's probably not a single place on earth where one won't run into an Australian. Hummel speculates on what compels her people to travel so.

Invasion of the McMansions

[19.Jul.06] :. A look at what the relentess tide of change dragged in to Adelaide's shores.

Little America’s Term of Love

[12.Jun.06] :. While peering 'down' at Australia from on-high (or rather, up north) through one's proverbial binoculars, one might get the impression this country is closer to North America -- perhaps uncomforably closer -- than mere geography might imply. Hummel hopes that is but a trick of the light... and other changeable circumstances.