Tuesday, March 13 2007
My Wandering Days
Our intrepid traveller summarizes many journeys past, as she prepares for another in Bengal.
Tuesday, February 20 2007
Women of the Evolution: (Another) Discussion of Chick Lit
If literary genres were a feast, chick lit would be the coconut soufflé. Dessert, anyone?
Monday, January 15 2007
A New Year’s Career
Mental note: sincerity doesn't count for much in the job-hunting game.
Tuesday, January 2 2007
Five Years’ Moldering, Now
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.
Tuesday, November 21 2006
Bridesmaids Revisited
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.
Wednesday, October 18 2006
Reel Australia
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.
Thursday, September 21 2006
I Am / We Are / You May or May Not Be, Depending
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.
Monday, August 7 2006
Little Americans: They’re Everywhere!
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.
Wednesday, July 19 2006
Invasion of the McMansions
A look at what the relentess tide of change dragged in to Adelaide's shores.
Monday, June 12 2006
Little America’s Term of Love
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.
