California One: 2. The MOMA in SF, Hearst Castle and the Getty Center
We are standing in front of a group of giant ceramic pumpkins on the third floor of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. They …
Author: Elissa McKay
California One: 1. Driving Highway One in a Silver Cadillac
“It’s not a Ford.” “What are you talking about?” “It’s not a Ford.” These are not words I want to hear. We have just struggled …
The Author Argues with an American Supermarket Salad
Salad: Hey! Looking at me? Trying to lose some weight, huh? Me: No. Actually. I’m just – you know, on the road, eaten a lot …
This is Not a Poem
“This is not poetry!”my son shoutsthe darkness of his eyesswimming in outrage Because I can’t just arrangewords on the pageto make pretty shapesthe words have …
The Summoning series by Kelley Armstrong
This trilogy landed fifteen years ago, and many book lovers now fondly recall these novels as part of their childhood awakening into fantasy and dark …
Chance Meeting with a Lyrebird
Shock! Horror! I can’tbelieve I would see you hereat my super-secret moundbeside this walking track full of tourists And at the exact momentI had planned …
How to Save Money and Beat the Cost of Living
1. Die. 2. Grow a veggie garden. You get fresh air and exercise, and three to six months later you may also get a grub-infested …
Book Week
It’s Book Week all across Australia, which means parents are putting Harry Potter spell-themed snacks into lunch boxes and frantically scrounging up costumes late at …
Hackers
“I think he’d enjoy Hackers,” I say. “He’s old enough now and into computers.” “That movie sucks,” my husband says. So I load it up. …
Apology to the Tooth Fairy
Do you know how manyhalf-drunk glasses of waterwere left out onbenches, tables, desks, chairslast night I had to roam the house likea Victorian match girlcollecting …