It takes a rare cat to tolerate being dressed up as a Valkyrie, such as this beauty from the 1936 photograph by Adolph E. Weidhaas. I love the look of calm, sly intelligence and a hint of a smile.
Top Ten Tuesday – Edgar Allan Poe Book Covers
For the Halloween Freebie at That Artsy Reader Girl, I thought I’d pay my respects to the Master of the Macabre. I last read Edgar Allan Poe as a teenager, but so many of his stories still haunt my brain to this day with their dark imagery and memorable quotes.
MSO: Christian Li Plays Brahms @ Hamer Hall (10/2026)
My second time watching the young homegrown virtuoso perform at the Hamer Hall, plus the gorgeous Melbourne Symphony Orchestra rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite.
Suspiria (1977) – Film Review
Dario Argento’s gruesome and beautiful fever dream is a sensory experience unlike any other horror film I’ve seen before.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin – Book Review
1984 might be the definitive work of the dystopian genre, but it was in turn influenced by this lesser-known Russian novel written in the early 1920s, the proper granddaddy of the modern dystopian literature.
Sleepy Hollow – Film Review
The spooky season is upon us, so I thought I’d kick off the streak of horror and supernatural-themed movies with Tim Burton’s gory and atmospheric take on the classic short story.
Charlie the Cat at Nearly Nine
Time got away from me and now my boy is moving ever closer to double digits and Old Man Charlie.
Agnes Obel @ Hamer Hall (09/2026)
My first time seeing the bewitching Danish songstress live, with Hamer Hall the perfect setting for her singular, atmospheric, ghost-like chamber pop.
Top Ten Tuesday – Book Quotes About Spring
It’s a Fall Freebie at That Artsy Reader Girl this week, or a Spring Freebie for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere… so here are some spring-themed literary quotes. Read more
Quote of the Day – Kindness
“Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who’d be kind to me. That’s what people really want, if they’re telling the truth.”
— Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook
