Visited the Wildcat Zine Fair in yesterday’s rain.
Did I mention I really like zines? Something about the “publish what you like and to hell with everything else” DIY attitude.
In the 1980s a zine helped get me into anti-nuclear campaigning. Nostalgia. The Australian Government’s recent decision to buy expensive and useless nuclear submarines from the US has brought it all back. Maybe I’m just an adolescent rebel at heart.
Scored some interesting zines and a couple of second hand books, anyway. With any luck that will fix militarism.🫠
Adding two plugins to the website this morning. ‘Search space’, by @sod is now at 1.0 so definitely time to give it a try. And while I’m at it I’ve also added his ‘conversation on micro.blog’ plugin.
It’s a rainy day so the regular bike ride is postponed for now. 🌧️
One of the many good things about micro.blog as a web host is its curated list of plugins like these, for the Hugo web engine it uses. My previous experience with Wordpress plugins was frankly quite frustrating, so I’m happy to imagine that the limited number of plugins available with micro.blog is at least thought through.
We think best when we bring opposites together
“We think best when we bring opposites together, when we realize that all these realities, one inside the other, are somehow connected. That’s how the wonder and amazement that are so necessary to both poetry and philosophy come about.” Charles Simic, Paris Review, quoted by Austin Kleon
I’m constantly amazed that something I just saw or read in one context appears again in another, completely different context. And then it appears again. Synchronicity? The availability bias? Magic? Whatever, it certainly enhances my sense of wonder at the world.
📷 Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 31: “practice “. Keeping the instruments out and ready to play makes it much more likely that I’ll get some practice. Seems like there’s no improvement for ages, then a sudden jump forward.
📷 Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 30: “mirror”
Penultimate day of the photo challenge!
📷 Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 29: “slice”
One of our local bakeries does a quite decent seeded whole meal Viennese style loaf - although you do have to slice it yourself.
📷🚲Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 28: “prompt”
I like to keep this old prompt front-of-mind: “simplicity is the key…”
📷 Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 27: “support”
Sydney has many more bridges than just the famous Harbour Bridge. This bridge across the George’s River evidently needs (and gets) a lot of support.
📷 Day 26 of the Micro.blog March Photoblogging Challenge. The prompt is ‘instrument’. This small picture was a gift from a friend long ago.
📷 🌮Micro.blog March photo challenge, day 26: “variety”
Fond memories of the time my kids and their friends made us this meal. They were so delighted. Unforgettable. 😍
