Other Stuff at Christmas
I'm not sure why we all seem to like lists - but here are some Christmas related ones for your perusal
My favourite Christmas Films
Meet me in St. Louis (1944)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Elf (2003)
Favourite Christmas Food
Prawns
Cheesecake
Cherries
Favourite Christmas Songs
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
2000 miles - Pretenders
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Don't Shoot me Santa - The Killers
Joseph, Better you than Me - The Killers, Elton John, Neil Tennant
Favourite Books I read in 2022
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978–1986 (2019)
One Day I'll Remember This: Diaries 1987–1995 (2020)
How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995–1998 (2022)
All by national treasure Helen Garner.
My Favourite Christmas Short Story - EVER!
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Dear old Truman's writing seems to have fallen out of favour, but he is still one of my favourite writers. A Christmas Memory is engaging and beautifully written. It sings with love and pathos. It really is a gem of a story.
... Her face is remarkable - not unlike Lincoln's, craggy like that, and tinted by sun and wind; but it is delicate too, fine boned, and her eyes are sherry-coloured and timid. 'Oh my.' she exclaims, her breath smoking the windowpane, 'it's fruitcake weather!'
One of my favourite (lesser known) places in Melbourne
How can you not love an organisation whose vision is 'for people to fall in love with the Earth again'?
I'm talking about CERES, an environmental education centre, community garden, urban farm and social enterprise hub. CERES was established in 1982 and now included four locations, linked by the Merri and Darebin Creeks on Wurundjeri Country, here in Melbourne (Naarm).
I was at the Brunswick East site the weekend before last, visiting the chooks, browsing in the nursery and having a coffee and pastry in the cafe. If you've never been I highly recommend a visit.