Life

Celebrating the unexpected in a wash’n’wear world

There is nothing quite like watching – and being a part of – the chaos of modern life when things don’t quite go to plan. So it is in the aftermath of last Saturday’s drawn AFL Grand Final. After two hours of the toughest, most high pressure and most entertaining Australian Rules football you will [...]

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Chill Out, Slow Down and Live Longer: a Hope for the New Decade

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While waiting to cross a road yesterday, I watched a cyclist do a perfectly legal and correct right-hand turn. The bike stayed to the outside of the lane but even there he caused the car behind him to pause for a moment before it could turn. The car then took its turn, the driver planting [...]

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When Disaster Strikes Close to Home

We are all used to disasters. Modern communications bring images of disaster from all over the world, directly to our living rooms, as they happen. You would think this relentless exposure to the cruelty of both man and nature would prepare us for when disaster strikes close to home. It doesn’t. Saturday, February 7, 2009 [...]

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How to Survive Complexity

Seven years ago, in the first of almost 100 articles for this newsletter, I wrote of the modern complexities surrounding the once simple task of packing an overnight bag for a business trip. I noted that I often spend “more time making sure I have a full set of batteries and power cords than I [...]

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Discovering a World of Unlimited Creativity

“Thinking about thinking? That sounds a bit weird!” said my daughters. So much for the open minds of the young. For the last month I’ve been fulfilling a long term desire to lubricate my mind with the oil of philosophy. Along the way I’ve tried to explain to my offspring (clearly with limited success) what [...]

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