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Embracing the Power of the Pen: Write It Down

In moments of boredom during a few days off with vertigo and “flu-like symptoms” the past few weeks, I engaged in a long overdue task of recovering posts from various former sites and archiving them here on my blog. In…

Design History of the Keks Blog – Part IV

At some point in the past month, the WordPress theme that had served this site so well since 2015 stopped functioning, forcing me into a new search for a new template. As I’ve done, time and time again, I mark…

Revisiting Football in Australia – 20 years on

Recently, Optus Sports run a four-part series on football in Australia.  It covered the evolution of the A-League, the debate defining Australia’s football future, the vision for fixing football in Australia, and the women’s game in this country.  While there’s…

Mowing The Lawn

Two years ago today I wrote “Writing, Drawing, Creating” about how I was going to attempt to reengage with blogging. Given I posted a total of four posts in the two years, I think it’s safe to say that was…

A Grey Zone Life

Watching an old 2019 episode of ABC Foreign Correspondent about the growing intolerance of Danish society, The State of Denmark, Ellie Jokar, a Danish Muslim comedian/rapper/actor said something that really resonated with me… something that made me think of my…

Beaches

In a binary world, a world were the only options were thumbs-up or thumbs-down, I’d have to give beaches a thumbs-down.  Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to like about beaches… the beauty, the serenity, the sound of waves…

Writing, Drawing, Creating

Another New Year… another attempt to re-engage with writing… with blogging, actually. Truth is, I’ve been writing a fair bit, and drawing a little.  What I’ve not been doing is sharing these here.  Why? Not sure.  A number of reasons…