Author Archive: Lesley Jakobsen
The Varnished Index
A Aboriginal Art Accident The Adelaide Ring The Adventures of Robin Hood The Aeneid Affliction Agincourt Aida Alexander Hamilton Alexandra’s Project Alexandros of Antioch All About Eve All Must Fall All My Sons All the President’s Men American Visions Anaesthesia An American Melodrama Andrei Rublev Animal Crossing – 3DS Animal Farm Annabel Lee Annabel Lee, Miranda and Stevie Anna Karenina The Apartment The Apes of God Argo Ariadne and Theseus The Aristocrats Art Joke of the Week Asoka As We Like Them The Athaneum Library Atlantic City Attlee Avida Dollars B The Babadook Badlands The Ballad of the “Angry Penguin”…
Continue Reading →A Million Windows
Photo of the author c/- the Sydney Morning Herald
(by Gerald Murnane) Murnane’s writing is the literary equivalent of a performance by the dance troupe Jailolo. As the dancers creep across a stage via barely discernable, repetitive, miniscule movements, so Murnane inches and tics his way from nowhere to somewhere word by word. His is a philisophy of obscurantism, distance and apprehension. “I recalled just now an earlier undertaking of mine to explain in the previous paragraph why this is not a self-referential work of fiction. The discerning reader should have found the promised explanation in the paragraph as it stands. For the sake of the undiscerning reader I shall repeat the simple fact…
Continue Reading →Kenji
When we of TVC arrived at an almost full Kenji at 8 pm on a Saturday night without a reservation, we were found a table with smiles and alacrity. The space is a rather uninspiring box on Hutt Street but the décor (modern, clean lines, olive green and black, traditional Japanese ornaments) is pleasing, although L did have a view of the toilet door. L’s entrée size sashimi of 10 pieces was generous and succulent. P’s lamb chops were a surprising inclusion on a Japanese menu but then, the menu at Kenji is surprising and innovative. P’s chops were also succulent (although overcooked for medium rare)….
Continue Reading →Harmony Bag For?
The Harmony Bag is almost, kinda finished. Here it is —- TA DA! But my question is, what is it for? It is far too delicate for me to throw my usual houseload of things into and drop onto nasty floors. I will glue in some gems in to replace the ones which are missing from the leafy green vintage brooch, when I have some glue, but I am still not sure about the brooch there. What do you think? Now, you may ask, why doesn’t this woman have any glue. Is it just because she can’t find anything in…
Continue Reading →Harmony Crochet Bag Three
Updating the harmony crochet bag…..I have added the lace and crocheted the top of the bag with Stylecraft Special DK in Parma Violet and (Non-stretchy) cotton. Now to hunt out some cord for handles. It’s going to be a scary scene like something in the horror film Wuthering Heights – the Craftroom (cue hair-raising music) as I rustle through boxes and bags and throw out handfuls of braid and cord. In order to procrastinate a little more, I shall work on a post about another project I am working on – The Rime of the Ancient Embroiderer.
Continue Reading →