Author: lisahannett

We’re house-sitting, which is good  for a number of reasons. The heater at Chad’s sister’s is nice and toasty.The dog is happy to have company, and to be inside the house and also toasty.The hot water is really really hot, so the shower is fabulous for defrosting my chilly toes.We’ve apparently already almost exceeded our…… Continue reading Sleeping in beds that aren’t my bed…

Plans for today: 1) Clean house. Or at least parts of it. 2) Abandon clean house (with its wonderful internet connection) and go to Chad’s sister’s place to take care of Dash, the adorable if somewhat arthritic dog. (What kind of dog? I have no idea. She’s pointy and has rust-coloured fur. She’s about 100…… Continue reading House-sitting

You know you’re *really* a writer when you’re dreading the thought of going out on a Saturday night, with a group of perfectly nice people, to eat some perfectly appealing food. And maybe to finish the night with some dancing. *Normal* people would be more than happy to while away a winter’s night in this…… Continue reading Untitled

…is available online now — and includes my story ‘On the Lot and In the Air’!(And apparently people can comment on the story. Wow. Instant reviews, heh? Unnerving, or exciting? Hmmm. Both.)Enjoy 🙂

People are busy. Things get rearranged, double-booked, cancelled. I get that, completely. I really, really do.That still doesn’t mean I don’t feel shitted off when I force myself to come in to the PhD orifice today (on a cold, rainy, thunderstormy, perfect for staying at home and churning out the words kind of day) just so that…… Continue reading On the impossibility of schedules

I’ve been invited to give an (ArtsSA funded) guest lecture in ‘Short Stories and Their Writers’ course next semester. The topic I’m to wax poetic about for 50 mins?Does ‘new’ writing interrogate paradoxes, demarcations, exclusions, margins or peripheries?How new is new? When is new? How long can new be new? How do we recognise writing that…… Continue reading One more Yay!

The Blarp roll:Michael Jackson. The whole thing makes me sad.Farah Fawcett. At the risk of sounding irreverant, she got totally ripped off. Listening to the radio this morning on the way in to work, I heard her death announced as a two-second sound byte appendage to the much more news-worthy news of M.J.’s untimely demise.…… Continue reading Blarp and Yay!

About a year ago, we went to see a performance of ‘Minimalist’ music as part of the Musica Viva series. The venue was an old 1930s office building that had been modified (not renovated so much as slightly gutted) and converted into an entertainment hall. The walls seemed to stretch up forever, affording the most…… Continue reading Mad about Marimbas

That if I force myself to, I can squeeze out 2,000 good thesis words in one day (Friday)That I have 7 stories for the ‘Good Window’ cycle, and have started more than a few of themThat compiling all of the random notes I’d written by hand and putting them on the computer meant that I…… Continue reading Things I learned this weekend

As per flinthart’s excellent recommendation, I am listening to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sing ‘Zulf Ko Sawan Ki Raton Ka Badal Kahne Lage’ — his voice is incredible, the beat is enchanting, the combination of instruments fantastic. Plus, because of the crappy youtube reception on the video I’m watching, it appears as though the instrument…… Continue reading Random thoughts from a sleepy head