The Things that Grow in a Vacuum

I have recently had a friendship come apart. It died from neglect and I admit complicity in its demise. I get too focused on things. I don’t water the flowers as much as I should. I tend to assume that, once I have had a meeting of minds with someone and a level of affection […]

I Sing to the Body Electric – Persona in Motion

It is 7:30 am. I wake up, make my way downstairs and lean sleepily against the counter as I wait for my coffee. Then, sitting down to my laptop, I open it. Sweetly, accommodatingly, it connects to the web; I open up Twitter and say my good mornings. I am become Remittance Girl. Of course, […]

3-Minute Thesis Competition

For those of you interested in following along with my PhD adventure, I decided to participate in a seminar that poses a 3-Minute PhD Thesis challenge. Basically, it’s a sort of ‘sell your idea’ in 3 minutes thing. This is what I have come up with. Tweeted Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in 140 char chunks: […]

How We Read

It’s my intention to try and document the journey of my way towards a PhD as transparently as possible. So amidst the pieces of fiction I post, you’re going to see the occasional essay dealing with subjects related to my focus. If you’re only here for the erotica, you might want to skip these. If […]